north sea storm surge
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- Created on: 08-05-19 09:12
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- The North Sea Storm Surge
- causes
- intense low-pressure (976mb deepening to 968mb)
- sea shape and coastline open to the N. Atlantic ocean and tapers towards the south - in a dangerous funnel shape
- allows strong northerly winds to push storm surges towards cities like Amsterdam and London
- sea depth
- N. sea gets shallower and narrower towards the south, which has the effect of increasing the height of tides and storm surges
- strong northerly winds
- pushed storm further south increasing the height of the surge and tide
- general
- low-pressure weather system across Atlantic
- most significant winds - 5th - 6th dec.
- impacts - UK
- coastal flooding and evacuation along E. England/N. Wales
- insurers calculated cost to be at £100 million
- 2 people died
- bridges were shut and rail services in eastern countries were disrupted
- Impacts - Netherlands
- no deaths
- Eastern Scheldt storm-surge barriers closed
- increasing risk
- climate change
- warmer ocean-surface temperatures and higher sea levels make hurricanes (cyclones) more intense
- ave. no. of storms in N.Atlantic has increased to 6-8 per yr
- warmer oceans leads to more intense hurricanes rather than storms
- warmer ocean-surface temperatures and higher sea levels make hurricanes (cyclones) more intense
- rising sea levels
- low-lying areas affected more
- greater number of storm surges
- climate change
- preparing for the future
- mitigation
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