Storm Event
Source
On the 3rd of December, there was a small low-pressure system, over the mid-North Atlantic, over north-eastward towards the UK (Boza, 2018). Low pressure and high winds caused localised flooding in Solent and Bristol area.
Pathway
Minor overtopping was observed in Old Portsmouth and Langstone.
Receptor and Consequence
This event was associated with localised flooding in areas of the Solent, Hampshire (Ruocco et al., 2011; Haigh et al., 2015). Local roads were inundated in Cowes and Hamble-le-Rice, some up to 1 m in depth. Coastal flooding was also reported in the Severn Valley at Gloucester (Zong and Tooley, 2003).
In the Avonmouth region, Pill and Shirehampton were submerged under a foot of water in a number of streets with some houses mildly flooded (Young, 2018). From Hinkley Point region, 12 houses were damaged by 2 inches of water in Stolford. A large storm surge also caused the villages of Boverton and Llantwit-Major to be flooded, including 9 houses and some roads (Young, 2018).
Summary Table
| Loss of life | * |
| Residential property | At least 21 houses were reported to have been mildly flooded. |
| Evacuation & Rescue | * |
| Cost | * |
| Ports | * |
| Transport | Some local roads in Solent and Bristol area were flooded. |
| 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
- Boza, X. (2018). The Reconstruction and Analysis of Historical Coastal Flood Events from 1800’s in the Solent, UK. Southampton MSc Dissertation.
- 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.
- 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.
- Zong, Y., and Tooley, M. J. A. (2003). ‘Historical Record of Coastal Floods in Britain: Frequencies and Associated Storm Tracks’. Natural Hazards, 29, 13–36.
- Young, A. (2018). A Historical Analysis of Coastal Flooding in the Upper Bristol Channel 1962-2016. Southampton Undergraduate Thesis