Storm Event
Source
No known sources of information.
Pathway
No known sources of information.
Receptor and Consequence
This event was associated with coastal flooding at many locations in the county of Cornwall including Widemouth Bay, Trebarwith Strand, Port Isaac, Polzeath, Mawgan Porth, Newquay, Perranporth, Portreath, St Ives, Penzance, Flushing, Penryn, Perranarworthal, Mevagissey, Fowey and Looe (Cornwall Council, 2011; Haigh et al. 2015). In Looe, 80 properties were reportedly flooded. Young (2018) reports that Newport (Cardiff) was hit by floods, where the Esplanade was submerged by 1 ft of water. Fire fighters were called to floods across Barnstaple (Knight, 2016).
Summary Table
| Loss of life | * |
| Residential property | 80 propertied flooded in Looe; properties damaged in Burnham |
| Evacuation & Rescue | * |
| Cost | * |
| Ports | * |
| Transport | The Esplanade, Newport (Cardiff) flooded |
| Energy | * |
| Public services | Fire fighters called to Bear Street, Newport Terrace, Clifton Terrace, North Road, Arundel Nursing Home in north Devon |
| Water & wastewater | * |
| Livestock | * |
| Agricultural land | * |
| Coastal erosion | * |
| Natural environment | * |
| Cultural heritage | * |
| Coastal defences | * |
*No known sources of information available
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References
- Cornwall Council, (2011). Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment ANNEX 5 – Chronology of Major Flood Events in Cornwall, Truro.
- Haigh, I. D., Wadey, M. P., Gallop, S. L., Loehr, H., Nicholls, R. J., Horsburgh, K., Brown, J. M., and Bradshaw, E., (2015). ‘A user-friendly database of coastal flooding in the United Kingdom from 1915–2014’. Scientific Data, 2, p.150021. Available at: http://www.nature.com/articles/sdata201521.
- Young, A. (2018). A Historical Analysis of Coastal Flooding in the Upper Bristol Channel 1962-2016. Southampton Undergraduate Thesis.
- Knight, H. (2016). An Investigation into Coastal Flooding in the Region Surrounding the Taw Torridge Estuary. Southampton Undergraduate Thesis.