Coastal Erosion in Yorkshire

Here is an article from today about a landslide in East Yorkshire that has swept gardens onto the beach and left houses very close to the edge!

East Coast Storm Surge

Earlier today, the largest storm surge since 1953 was predicted for the east coast of England. In 1953 several hundred people were killed by flood waters, as very high tides coincided with a deep depression bringing northerly winds that caused the sea to breach flood defences and inundate the land. Today, there were plenty of warnings to people living along the coast, and many homes were evacuated. This article from the BBC explains what happened, and why people were evacuated. Even though the storm surge was not as bad as predicted, the waves were still impressive - there are some good pictures here.