(Source: CEFAS - Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science) Reference: 9-14 05 December 2014 One year on from the biggest UK storm surge for 60 years, new aerial photos have revealed details of breaches to the natural and man-made coastal defences on part of the East Anglian coastline. Researchers from the Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) and the University of East Anglia (UEA) are mapping selected areas hit by the surge on 5 December 2013. Although damage to flood defences was much lower in 2013 than in 1953, there was still extensive change to the coastline, damage to seawalls, and saltwater flooding. The work is part of a Natural...
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