Affects of Sea Rise in East Anglia
- Created by: Sara Griffiths
- Created on: 02-06-13 19:00
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- Effects of Sea Rise in East Anglia
- Norfolk
- King's Lynn
- Settlements may be under threat
- agricultural land at risk from flooding
- lots of people would have to leave
- agricultural land at risk from flooding
- Settlements may be under threat
- Norfolk Broads
- Popular tourist destination bringing in £5million
- Floods would destroy the economy
- Popular tourist destination bringing in £5million
- Coast Line
- Current sea defences need strengthening
- King's Lynn
- Essex
- Thames Barrier
- Need to be replaced every 30-50 years
- At risk from flooding
- Protects £80bn worth of buildings
- Floods affect housing, industry and farmland
- low lying mudflats and marshes vulnerable
- 22% of East Anglia's salt marshes could be lost by 2050
- Thames Barrier
- Suffolk
- Storm surge killed 300 people in 1953
- would kill more now
- Eroded 1m per year
- 20000 people evacuated
- Storm surge killed 300 people in 1953
- Norfolk
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