Lynn escapes storm surge
Heacham web cam showing storm surge at 6 am
King's Lynn has escaped the effects of a storm surge.
On Thursday night the Environment Agency were predicting a 3-metre tidal surge that could have brought severe flooding at high tide on Friday Morning.
The River Great Ouse and the coast from Kings Lynn to Hunstanton were placed on Flood Watch, and there were fears that the storm surge could cause possible flooding to vulnerable areas of Lynn.
Fears were revived of the 1953 floods when a storm surge travelled inland from The Wash along the River Ouse, causing the river to overflow and break its banks.
This extract from the book Flood by Richard Doyle, dramatically describes what could happen if another really bad storm surge was to hit the town.
Environment Agency - Current Flood Warnings
