Storm Event
Severity ?
1
Source
No known sources of information.
Pathway
No known sources of information.
Receptor and Consequence
This event was associated with flooding in parts of Lancashire, Cumbria and North Wales (Morecambe, Rampside, Barrow in Furness and Holyhead) according to Zong and Tooley (2003), despite the relatively moderate sea levels recorded in the region during this event (Haigh et al., 2015).
Summary Table
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*No known sources of information available
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References
- 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.
- 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.