Richard Benyon, Minister for DEFRA, responsible for allocating central government funding to schemes that protect houses from flooding or coastal erosion, announced in Written Ministerial Statements on 7th February 2013 the allocations for Flood and Coastal Erosion management schemes and works that will take place during 2013 and beyond. The Environment Agency have these commitments [...]
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- Flood and coastal erosion risk management schemes – Programme of works 2013/14
- New exhibition recalling the Norfolk Sea breakthroughs
- Coastal Loss at Winterton, Norfolk
- Memories of the 1953 North Sea Surge
Following on from the successful ‘The Raging Sea – Lost Villages’ event held at Waxham Barn over the August Bank holiday weekend when nearly 4000 people attended over the 3 day period, the Raging Sea organising committee are inviting all to the forthcoming event. ‘The Raging Sea: The Floods Remembered’ – A special event commemorating [...]
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The following aerial photograph taken by Mike Page (his copyright) shows the southern end of the Great Winterton Valley AONB, from Winterton-on-Sea (top) to Hemsby Gap (bottom) as seen at high tide on 13th May 2004. The Winterton Beach Café, still there thanks to North Norfolk Council’s earlier protective action in placing the undermined WW-II [...]
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An Anglia TV film recalling the great North Sea Surge of January 1953 can be seen by visiting the East Anglian Film Archive. Pictures of the damage and interviews with those recalling the event bring to our attention that such devastation could soon come again, perhaps even this winter. The cuts in the sea defence [...]
