2011
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-2321-2011
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A comparison of the causes, effects and aftermaths of the coastal flooding of England in 1953 and France in 2010

Abstract: Abstract. This paper provides a comparison of the causes, effects and aftermaths of the coastal flooding that occurred on the east coast of England in 1953 and the west coast of France in 2010 that resulted in 307 and 47 deaths respectively. The causes of both events are strikingly similar. Both were caused by a combination of high tides, low atmospheric pressure, high winds and the failure of poorly maintained flood defences. In both cases the number of deaths was related to the vulnerability of the buildings… Show more

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“…Coastal and terrestrial damage was significantly lower, and only one life was lost. This increased resilience arose following multiple improvements including enhanced sea defences, including the Thames Barrier, and a tidal warning system (Lumbroso and Vinet 2011;Met Office 2014). However, such developments do not provide an impervious protection for coastal businesses and residents, and some losses continue.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Coastal and terrestrial damage was significantly lower, and only one life was lost. This increased resilience arose following multiple improvements including enhanced sea defences, including the Thames Barrier, and a tidal warning system (Lumbroso and Vinet 2011;Met Office 2014). However, such developments do not provide an impervious protection for coastal businesses and residents, and some losses continue.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…• January 31 st to February 1 st 1953 storm surge -Developments include the Thames Barrier and associated river defences (£634 million in 2014), £20 million investment in sea defences to protect greater London (£498.7 million in 2014) (Jonkman and Kelman 2005;Lumbroso and Vinet 2011), and investments for nationally improving sea defences and building a nationwide tidal gauge network.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…[16]. The consequences of un-developed flood management measures were tragically apparent on the French Atlantic coast in February 2010 when more than 40 people died following failure and outflanking of coastal defences during the well forecast storm Xynthia [17]. In the hours before the event, warnings were available, but not specific to coastal flooding consequences, leaving authorities incapable of planning evacuation [18].…”
Section: Open Accessmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Many researchers have proposed methods to evaluate plans through the assessment of their content by proposing criteria (Alexander, 2005), with an assessment of requirements (Lindell and Perry, 1980;Lindell and Perry, 2003), and with the development of indicators against which the plan can be scored (Olonilua and Ibitayo, 2011). All these methods focus on concepts, and consist of assessing whether specific features, procedures and protocols are included in the plans.…”
Section: Existing Methods For Developing and Assessing Emergency Plansmentioning
confidence: 99%