Storm Event

Severity ? 1

Source

No known sources of information.

Pathway

No known sources of information.

Receptor and Consequence

This event is associated with flooding in the Solent over a period of 1–2 days (Haigh et al., 2015). 23rd December 1995 was associated with localised flooding in Portsmouth and Wootton Bridge in the Isle of Wight, with some local roads inundated up to a few inches deep (Ruocco et al. 2011). 24th December 1995 was associated with localised flooding in Hythe and Dibden (Southampton Water) (Ruocco et al. 2011).This even also saw exceptionally high tide causing flood water to sweep along quayside at Town Bridge, Weymouth. It was reported from Weymouth that water were from multistore car park to East Street, Commercial Road to Lower Bond Street, up to lower end of Maiden Street (Burrows, 2017).

Summary Table

Loss of life *
Residential property *
Evacuation & Rescue *
 
Cost *
Ports *
Transport Some local roads inundated.
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

  1. Haigh, I. D., Wadey, M. P., Gallop, S. L., Loehr, H., Nicholls, R. J., Horsburgh, K., Brown, J. M., and Bradshaw, E., (2015). ‘A user-friendly database of coastal flooding in the United Kingdom from 1915–2014’. Scientific Data, 2, p.150021. Available at: http://www.nature.com/articles/sdata201521.
  2. Ruocco, A. Nicholls, R. J., Haigh, I. D., and Wadey, M. (2011). ‘Reconstructing Coastal Flood Occurrence Combining Sea Level and Media Sources: A case study of the Solent UK since 1935’. Natural Hazards, 59(3): 1773-1796.
  3. Burrows, S. (2017). Analysis of Historical Coastal Floods in Dorset from 1935 -2014. Southampton Undergraduate Thesis.