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Coastal Landscapes and Change
2B.10 - Affected communities
2B.10B: Consequences of Coastal Flooding and Storm Surges
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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)