Seven people were also rescued from a sinking cargo ship about 35 nautical miles off Ramsgate, Kent. ![]() The man had to be pulled out of the River Yare near Haven Bridge about 9pm on Friday night. Lat night, emergency crews were called out to more than a dozen flood-related incidents, including people stuck in flood waters – with one man arrested for public order offences after jumping into the river in Great Yarmouth. The Environment Agency said the coast had escaped the predicted floods “because the combined surge and high tides aren’t happening at the same time, as a result of wind”. Others claimed the winds were pushing the waves away from shore yesterday with residents this morning told they can return to their homes.Ī cop offers flood risk information to a resident in Jaywick, EssexĪuthorities were last night on high alert for tides predicted to exceed flood levels that hit Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex and claimed the lives of more than 300 people in 1953. “I am not going anywhere, I don’t think there’s a danger and the sea looks too calm.” Matthew Woolston, who lives close to the seafront, said: “People have been evacuated so many times they don’t believe it mass flooding is going to happen. If it really comes to it I will jump in the car and drive off.”įellow resident Steve Binch, 57, added: “I can always go upstairs.” Last time in 2013 they got it wrong and people had the hump. “The cops hype it all up, it’s like a PR thing. I’ve lived here on and off for 40 years and I’m not worried. ![]() One local, who only gave his name as Tommy, said: “I’m not moving and a lot of other people round here feel the same. The low numbers were despite more than 2,500 homes told to “immediately” evacuate Jaywick, Essex, which was featured on Channel 5’s Benefits by the Sea. More than 100 soldiers had been sent in to evacuate 5,000 homes in Norfolk amid fears of 18ft monster waves with an RAF spy plane sent in to monitor flood defences and local police commander Chief Inspector Russ Cole insisting: “We’re not crying wolf.”īut while tides lashed at the coastline overnight, waves did not even make it up to parts of the makeshift flood barriers packed along the beach.īarely 230 residents took refuge at the emergency centre in Clacton while no one visited the other site in West Mersea overnight. “We prepare for the worst case scenario and we would be happy to take the same decision again should we be faced with the same advice as we have had over the last 36 hours.” Water covered the road in West Mersea with authorities on high alert “This will have been exactly what our counterparts along the east coast of the country will have been doing in order to come to similar decisions. “This decision was based on science and the expert advice from the Environment Agency and the Met Office. ![]() Residents on the east coast waited for the storm surge to hit during the second high tide, with gale-force winds and higher than usual tides expected to bring waves crashing over coastal defences.īut the risk of flooding in Thanet was low and no sandbags were issued to residential properties.Ī spokesman reminded people to stay away from coastal paths and promenades due to rough sea conditions.Įssex Police deputy chief constable Matthew Horne, who lead the multi-agency operation overnight, said: “I am absolutely clear that the collective decision to evacuate residents in Jaywick and to provide a rest centre in West Mersea for people should it be required was the right thing to do. The Environment Agency (EA) issued 17 severe warnings – which warn of danger to life – with those in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex deemed most at risk. for the world outside of the United States.But with many locals refusing to leave their homes, saying it was all “hype”, police have spoken out saying they would make the same decision again. © 2018 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. The Man, Writer, MainArtist - John Baldwin Gourley, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals - Ammar Malik, Writer - Stint, Producer - Ajay Bhattacharyya, Writer - Rob Cohen, Audio Recording Engineer - Kyle O'Quin, Keyboards - Kane Ritchotte, Drums - Paul Cartwright, Violin - Zachary Carothers, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Mansionair, Remixer - Lachlan Bostock, Remixer - Robin Florent, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Jeff Jackson, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Jack Froggatt, Remixer - Alex Nicholls, Remixer - Michelle Mancini, MasteringEngineer - Eric Howk, Guitar - Zoe Manville, Backing Vocals - Nick Koenig, Writer ![]() John Hill, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer, Drum Programmer - MANNY MARROQUIN, MixingEngineer - Dave Palmer, Keyboards - Sonny DiPerri, Audio Recording Engineer - Chris Galland, MixingEngineer - Matthew Cooker, Cello - Portugal.
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