Storm Event
the highest tide in the past 35 years doing a great deal of damage
Severity ?
1
Source
No known sources of information.
Pathway
No known sources of information.
Receptor and Consequence
This event was associated with coastal flooding in Lothingland (now Lowestoft) due to high tide combined with WNW wind (Suckling, 1846). Mutford Bridge which was located 2 miles from the shore was carried away by the strength of the sea. Short (1749) remarked on this event that ‘the highest tide of 35 years doing a great deal of damage’.
Summary Table
| Loss of life | * |
| Residential property | * |
| Evacuation & Rescue | * |
| Cost | * |
| Ports | * |
| Transport | Mutford Bridge was carried away. |
| Energy | * |
| Public services | * |
| Water & wastewater | * |
| Livestock | * |
| Agricultural land | * |
| Coastal erosion | * |
| Natural environment | * |
| Cultural heritage | * |
| Coastal defences | * |
*No known sources of information available
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References
- Suckling, Alfred. (1846) “Hundred of Lothingland.” The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk: Volume 1. Ipswich: WS Crowell. 291-293. British History Online. Available at: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/suffolk-history-antiquities/vol1/pp291-293 (Accessed; 26 June 2019).
- Short, Thomas. (1749). A General Chronological History of Air, Weather, Seasons, Meteors in Sultry Places and different Times. London. Available at: https://www.gethistory.co.uk/sites/default/files/source-documents/A_General_Chronological_History_of_the_Air%2C%20Weather%2C%20Seasons%2C%20Meteors.pdf (Accessed: 26 June 2019).