Storm Event
'the unusually high flow of the sea tide caused damage in England’
Severity ?
1
Source
It was reported by Walter of Coventry (an English monk and chronicler) in Britton (1937) that ‘the unusually high flow of the sea tide caused damage in England’. Doe (2015) remarks that this seems to be a North Sea storm surge with body of water moving so fast.
Pathway
No known sources of information.
Receptor and Consequence
It was reported that the North Sea storm surge caused damage in England about the Nativity of St. Mary. The damage also reached Brugge, Belgium with the sea flowed over 4 miles (6.4km) inland (Doe, 2015).
Summary Table
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*No known sources of information available
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References
- Britton, C. E. (1937). ‘A Meteorological Chronology To A.D. 1450’. Geophysical Memoirs, 70. London: H. M. Stationary Office. 177pp.
- Doe, R. (2006). Extreme floods: A history in a changing climate. Stroud: Sutton.
- Doe, R. (2006). Extreme floods: A history in a changing climate. Stroud: Sutton.