Worst tidal surge in 60 years batters UK east coast and drags homes into the sea
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Homes were destroyed as the worst tidal surge to hit the UK in 60 years struck the east coast of Britain on Thursday. The Environmental Agency estimated that sea defences protected more than 800,000 homes, but when the surge combined with high tides and strong winds many barriers were breached. Repair works are now underway in many communities. In Hemsby in Norfolk seven houses were toppled from their clifftop positions and collapsed into the sea. Thousands of homes along the east coast were evacuated as the North Sea reached higher levels than it did during the devastating floods of 1953. Two people died in Thursday's storms, but the weather is now said to be easing, however, flooding is expected to continue throughout Friday. Report by Laurie Blake.
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It baffles me when some make comparasons with Britain & countries like the Philippines.Look,when your home is floating out to sea I imagine the last thought in the minds of those who're now homeless ISN'T "Ah well,it could be worse,we could be living in the Philippines".If a tidal surge is 30 metres or 60 metres it's irrelevant once your home has been swept away! The response,"This is nothing,they should be living in,(insert country of choice)...." is meaningless to anyone who's home is now a few miles out at sea!
There are maps and sketches going back over a thousand years, in some places several small towns have dissapeard
yep... erosion happens
Well the first aerial shot is definitely not the Lincolnshire coast, it's Southwold in SUFFOLK
just don't live there/build houses there it's easy enough to fix bro
This is why houses should not be build on sand!
At 0:20 the buildings look portable. Worst in 60 years, that a pretty good track record! Looks like a slow motion hurricane.
wow, the aerial footage really demonstrates just how ridiculously close to the powerful sea those homes are. Why on earth would anyone do that? Have they no clue at all about what the mighty ocean can do????
People living in houses near water or volcano are just asking for it.
Admiral Ackbar ors really not the same thing. In Britain these coastal villages have been there for centuries, and the land has eroded over hundreds of years.in the past twenty years or so the rate of erosion has sped up massively. These people are not idiots. It’s totally different to living on the side of a volcano.
That guy liked bungalows didn't he.
Gods' wife , Mother Nature taking back what is rightfully Hers !
1:55 Kingdom!
I have to wonder why they have not just created an artificial reef off the coastline ? problem solvered.
😪🙄
no its not problem solved
its more complicated than that
Really? And a few buckets and mops to clean up the mess, maybe... Brilliant.🙄
If you choose to buy a house near a cliff face or beach, it’s really your own stupidity to blame.
Those are probably rentals anyways
See level rising ,the South of England slowly sinking due to glacial rebound raising Scotland . Now barrage storms one after the other as predicted by the last Connections episode and your man Burke . As the denial industry confuses and no serious strategy to slow this down as yet ,thing do not look good for this part of the world .
That was the caravan site i went to last month!
madiba was a great african hero.
yeap and we continue burning fossil fuel
@@augustus413 rising sea levels
We've had worse than that....Why do people panic so much when it wasnt so bad.
What about poor Thailand ?That's what you call an emergency,not these puddles here in uk.
i used to live in england and remeber the newsforcaster saying these this is what will o.my. god jesus help us
DON'T use "whoosh" noises for your subtitles - it's inappropriate, distracting and unprofessional, and demeans the people for whom this event has caused great suffering.
Britain being eaten away.
From within!
All due to TRUMP!
Rubbish comment and I am a Trump hater.
Some of the other comments are at least seven years old. I am guessing that this video is at least 10 years old.
We are all to blame,us as people as we treat the earth as a play ground an only react when it's to late,its not fault that's happening,we are had it so easy compared to other countries,typical great Britain