Thursday, November 08, 2007
Be Safe, Southeast England...
This does not sound good at all. A TIDAL WAVE is about to hit Southeast England, and I suppose, it will cause issues for much of the Channel area.
via The Daily MailTidal wave heading for England's east coast poses 'extreme danger to life'
Last updated at 23:13pm on 8th November 2007
Tens of thousands of householders are today preparing for some of the worst coastal floods in decades.
Sea levels could rise up to 9ft this morning along part of the East Coast, putting lives at risk.
Sea defences in Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft could be breached around 7am, sending a torrent of salt water into the towns.
• Eight severe flood warnings issued by Environment Agency
• Surge expected to hit east coast in next 12 hours
• Police on standby to evacuate homes
• Dartford Creek and Thames barriers closed
My gawd.
UPDATE: Yes. The Eastern Channel Area is fully effected.
via Reuters
HEADLAND NEAR ROZENBURG, Netherlands (Reuters) - The Netherlands and Britain, facing their worst flood threat in decades, closed surge barriers and evacuated people from homes on Friday as a North Sea storm threatened to inundate low-lying areas.
Authorities compared the approaching conditions to those in 1953 when floods killed more than 2,000 people in both countries.
The massive surge barrier near the Dutch port city of Rotterdam was closed for the first time since its construction in the 1990s.
At 11 p.m. (5 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, the two arc-shaped steel doors of the Maeslant barrier edged into the waterway that connects Rotterdam to the North Sea.
As spectators braved rain and wind to watch from a narrow headland, it took about half an hour for the two doors to meet in the Nieuwe Waterweg, about 360 meters wide.
"We have been standing here since 8 p.m.," said student Denise from Rotterdam. "I had expected it to close a bit faster."
A Dutch transport ministry spokesman said: "At 2.15 a.m., we are expecting the water to reach the highest level at 2.84 meters above mean sea level."
Earlier forecasts for the water level had been for more than 3 meters. The flood of 1953 saw the water rise to 3.85 meters above sea level, the transport ministry said.
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