‘Danger to life flood’ warnings issued as homes in Jaywick,…

The tables from the famous Butt and Oyster floating in the River Orwell at Pin Mill after the storm surge of 2013. Photo by Anthony Cullen – photographicday.com The Environment Agency have issued several orange and red alerts for flooding along the Suffolk and Essex coastline, with 1,100 homes in Suffolk set to be evacuated during the early hours of Friday and into Saturday.

Flood warnings lifted as tides abate along east coast

Tidal levels dropped sufficiently for flood warnings to be lifted along much of the east coast following yesterday’s storm surge. Minor flooding had been predicted on this region’s coastline and tidal waterways – with alerts remaining in place overnight for the River Yare, in Norfolk, and homes near the New Mills Sluice, in Norwich.