Guide Note:A storm in the North Sea is causing alarm in Britain and the Netherlands. Tens of thousands of households on the east coast of England are preparing for some of the worst coastal floods in decades.
Fast Facts:
- 8 severe flood warnings issued
- Surge expected to hit east coast in next 12 hours
- Dartford Creek and Thames barriers closed
- waters expected to surge 5 feet above normal sea levels
Also try: London Floods
Also try: 2007 UK Flood Crisis
- YouTube: London Flooding
England Floods News
- Google News: England Floods
- The Daily Mail: Tidal wave heading for England's east coast poses 'extreme danger to life' (Nov. 8, 2007)
- BBC NEWS: Flooding 'may put lives at risk' | North Sea surge brings flood risk (Nov. 8, 2007)
- Reuters: Flood alerts issued for North Sea tidal surge
- Telegraph: Tidal surge puts east coast in 'extreme danger'
- Guardian Unlimited: Tidal surge sparks flood warning
England Floods Information
- BBC Weather Centre: UK Weather | East England Weather
- UK Environment Agency: Current Flood Warnings in Force
- Wikipedia: River Thames
England Floods Blogs and Commentaries
- Google Blog Search: England Floods
- Digital Urban: Global Warming - London Flooding
- Guardian Unlimited: Price of saving London from floods could exceed £20bn
- FloodLondon.com: Why The Barrier Is Too Small
1953 London Floods
- Wikipedia: North Sea flood of 1953
- BBC On This Day: 1953: Violent storms claim hundreds of lives
- ThamesWeb: 1953 Floods | Flood Defence
- Met Office: The UK east coast floods of 1953