Storm Event
Severity ?
1
Source
At Hinkley Point region, surge causes overtopping and flooding in the fields around St Lawrence wick (Young, 2018).
Pathway
No known sources of information.
Receptor and Consequence
Various sources report overtopping during this event, whilst one person was rescued from a car on a Lancashire causeway due to the rising tide (BBC, 2014).
Summary Table
| Loss of life | * |
| Residential property | * |
| Evacuation & Rescue | * |
| Cost | * |
| Ports | * |
| Transport | * |
| Energy | * |
| Public services | * |
| Water & wastewater | * |
| Livestock | * |
| Agricultural land | * |
| Coastal erosion | * |
| Natural environment | * |
| Cultural heritage | * |
| Coastal defences | * |
*No known sources of information available
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References
- Young, A. (2018). A Historical Analysis of Coastal Flooding in the Upper Bristol Channel 1962-2016. Southampton Undergraduate Thesis.
- BBC, (2014). ‘Man is rescued from flooded car at Sunderland Point’. BBC News. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-28749100 (Accessed 25 January 2015).