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monorail, and to build a new 1200-seat theatre and a 250-foot tower all fell through later that year when an application for financial assistance was rejected. In
Hunstanton most of the pier was destroyed by the storm, with a small section at the end removed by the council some weeks later. The shoreward end amusement arcade survived, along with one set of piles. The iron legs of Hunstanton pier were found later washed up 8 km to the south. The
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no major damage was experienced, the steel and rubber floodgates designed to protect the major London docks were closed for the first time since their completion in 1972. Dikes reinforced 4 years previously prevented flooding in London, Flood waters rose 5 inches above the previous defences. with sea
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overflowed onto the Quays, King Street and the town's medieval quarter. The town centre was left underwater causing damage totalling millions of pounds. 1978 flood level recorded in St
Margaret's church in the town were at 1190mm. The costs of damage in King's Lynn though were less than during 1953
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a total of 1,500 houses were affected by flooding during the event. 1,017 houses were flooded above floor level, a further 185 houses were flooded below floor level and 288 houses had their gardens flooded. It was estimated that £1,600,000 (1978) worth of damage was caused to private property and
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On 10 January 1978 a small wave depression formed in the
Atlantic around 54N 15W in a trough extending from a depression close to SW Iceland. This low deepened and moved towards Ireland and then merged with the parent low deepening to 986 hPa close to the Isle of Man. The next day the depression
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Cleethorpes Pier saw 150 disabled people and pensioners stranded in the town's pier, which withstood the waves largely without significant damage. In
Skegness the storm washed away two large sections of the pier and left the theatre isolated at the seaward end. Plans to link the two sections by
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in the town, was that damage occurred much further inland. Damage was reported up to three-quarters of a mile away from the sea wall. In
Cleethorpes the damage spread over an area of 5 km (1.9 sq mi) in total. The railway between Grimsby and Cleethorpes was left inoperable as the
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was reported, with cars destroyed, boats stranded and houseboats damaged. with the next high tide due at 2.30 there were fears that the promenade and homes could flood, a full-scale emergency response was put into action, filling sandbags to stop the flood entering homes on the sea front.
614:(to distinguish from stone harbour walls) which had been closed since 1976 because of safety issues was virtually destroyed by the 11 January 1978 storm surge isolating the lifeboat station. Following the storm the RAF air sea rescue Wessex helicopter from
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reported that an "Alert" message was received by Police in
Wisbech at 0705 hours and a further message at 1414 hours confirming that there was danger of tidal flooding at 1928 hours. On receipt of the second message, the
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and Kent. Improvements in flood protection following the devastating flood of 1953 meant that the catastrophic losses seen during that storm were not repeated. The storm caused severe damage to many
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two major breaches occurred, flooding the adjacent marshes, damaging beach huts and grounding a 300-ton coaster on Wells quay car park. The storm washed away over ½ mile (800 m) of track of the
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saw parts of the town quay and approach roads flooded. South Essex was sheltered from the main force of wind, with some breaches in rural locations, but compared to 1953 damages were light.
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Steers, J. A.; Stoddart, D. R.; Bayliss-Smith, T. P.; Spencer, T. & Durbidge, P. M. (July 1979). "The Storm Surge of 11 January 1978 on the East Coast of
England".
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that denote the extraordinary heights to which flood water rose at certain times in history, the highest being in 1978, which was due to a North Sea surge
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and 180 houses were flooded. Waters in the church exceeded the levels seen in 1953.
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Close-up of the flood markers, at the western entrance door of
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581:. Coastal flooding continued around the Kent coast into the
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The storm surge breached the shingle ridge to the south of
834:. House of Commons. January 19, 1978. col. 343W–344W.
1316:"Coastal Flood Risk: thinking for tomorrow, acting today"
889:. House of Commons. February 13, 1978. col. 203–214.
814:. House of Commons. February 7, 1978. col. 489–490.
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levels being half a metre below the new defence levels.
753:"Th East Coast Storm and Floods of 11-12 January 1978"
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851:"Furious storms punch through resort's defences"
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1883:YouTube The Gravesend Floods of 1978
760:International Journal of Meteorology
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1643:"Pegwell Bay Flood Defence Scheme"
427:. Severe flooding was reported at
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1247:"Strategic Flood Risk Assessment"
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933:. Bridge Watch. Archived from
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1943:Drought in the United Kingdom
1931:Climate of the United Kingdom
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109:976 hPa (28.8 inHg)
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1781:"History of Hunstanton Pier"
931:"The Floods of January 1978"
728:. Met Office. Archived from
383:Wisbech & Fenland Museum
1807:"History of Herne Bay Pier"
1591:. Sheerness Heritage Centre
1569:. Sheerness Heritage Centre
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1431:. Tendring District Council
1047:"Britain Battered By Storm"
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1833:"History of Margate Jetty"
1755:"History of Skegness Pier"
988:"The day the water struck"
751:Richards, P (March 1978).
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238:Warnings and preparation
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1623:. Swale Borough Council
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171:North Sea flood of 1978
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315:Gale of January 1976
248:Member of Parliament
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806:"Floods (Warnings)"
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2435:Windstorms
2194:Trent 1683
2136:Louth 1920
2100:March 2013
2085:April 1981
2080:March 1891
1981:Cold snaps
1966:Lewes 1836
1958:Avalanches
1461:21 October
1435:20 October
1411:2014-12-21
1383:20 October
1175:15 January
1057:19 October
865:19 October
705:18 January
622:References
579:Deal, Kent
569:, between
484:Dovercourt
464:Felixstowe
410:Hunstanton
406:Snettisham
375:River Nene
343:River Nene
320:Sandilands
302:Humberside
126:Fatalities
86:Dissipated
2952:Disputed
2886:Wildfires
2790:Heatwaves
2387:Tornadoes
2377:July 1968
2276:June 2016
1293:14 August
548:Faversham
533:Sheerness
529:Shellness
460:Aldeburgh
456:Southwold
452:Covehithe
444:Lowestoft
414:Wolferton
285:Mundesley
2795:Droughts
1869:Archived
1231:22 April
571:Ramsgate
217:, north
215:The Wash
161:High 5/6
2954:tsunami
2777:2023–24
2772:2022–23
2767:2021–22
2762:2020–21
2757:2019–20
2752:2018–19
2747:2017–18
2742:2016–17
2737:2015–16
2656:Lorenzo
2647:Eleanor
2638:Ophelia
2620:Desmond
2611:Abigail
2602:Gonzalo
2520:Charley
2439:former
2256:2012–13
2044:2010–11
2039:2009–10
2029:1990–91
2019:1985–86
2014:1981–82
2009:1962–63
2004:1946–47
1999:1894–95
1989:1683–84
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616:Manston
544:Horsham
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429:Walcott
402:Heacham
397:flood.
371:Wisbech
275:of the
267:by the
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183:England
142:Belgium
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2701:Eunice
2674:Dennis
2496:Debbie
2181:Floods
2116:Larisa
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490:London
291:Impact
207:Thames
187:Humber
173:was a
146:France
78:Formed
2930:Other
2710:Babet
2692:Barra
2665:Ciara
2558:Katia
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476:Essex
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223:piers
197:from
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2871:2021
2866:2019
2861:2018
2856:2013
2851:2006
2846:2003
2841:1995
2836:1990
2831:1976
2826:1955
2821:1911
2816:1906
2811:1808
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