NVCC » great yarmouth http://www.nvcc.org.uk National Voice of Coastal Communities: giving coastal issues a voice Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:59:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Flooding report issued by ICE http://www.nvcc.org.uk/2008/06/flooding-report-issued-by-ice/ http://www.nvcc.org.uk/2008/06/flooding-report-issued-by-ice/#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:35:37 +0000 jaydublu http://www.nvcc.org.uk/?p=119 The infrastructure network in the UK, including power stations, water plants, and transport systems is still far too vulnerable to flooding events according to a report, Flooding: Engineering Resilience, by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).

In a section concentrating on the East of England, it also comments that:

“No other area of the UK is in such real and immediate danger from flooding as the East of England. It’s at risk from all sides: coastal erosion and flooding, tidal surges, river flooding and overflowing drains in towns and cities.

“In November 2007 Great Yarmouth and Ipswich came within 120mm of being swamped by a North Sea tidal surge. A controversial ‘managed realignment’ could sacrifice 6,000 ha of the Norfolk coastline to rising sea levels, according to the Environment Agency.”

Full details on the ICE website

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