2B.10B: Consequences of Coastal Flooding and Storm Surges

Cards (4)

  • UK 2013 Storm Surge
    • 1400 homes flooded
    • Rail services disrupted
    • 2 deaths
    • Cost of damage - £100m
    • Parts of Newcastle flooded
    • 200km/hr winds
    • 18,000 evacuated
  • Bangladesh 2007 Cyclone Sidr Storm Surge
    • 4234 dead and missing
    • $29.6m damage to roads etc
    • 1.5m houses damaged
    • Total cost $1.7bn
  • Happisburgh 2013
    • 15th century church (St Mary the Virgin) and 1790 lighthouse
    • 2013 - high tide and storms
  • USA 2012, Hurricane Sandy
    • The landfall of hurricane Sandy in New Jersey and other US states with a storm surge of up to 4 m
    • US $70 billion in damage (e)
    • 6 million people lost power (s)
    • 350,000 homes in New Jersey were damaged or destroyed (e)