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A nasty low-pressure system associated with #stormbenjamin has remained slow moving over the North Sea with high waves and a storm surge that looks to persist with another flood alert issued for Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th October

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"Eccles-on-sea is a lost village. What’s left barely sits on the edge of the land, the medieval town has long since gone following its forebears including Doggerland into the offshore sediments. Caravan parks & the Bush Estate remain, gripping the seawall against the spite of the North sea."

Norfolk’s vanishing coast and the limits of protection Norfolk’s crumbling coastline exposes the human cost of climate change – and the painful limits of what councils can do

Norfolk’s coast is crumbling. As erosion accelerates, local authorities face impossible choices: protect a few homes short-term at great cost, or accept the sea’s advance.

Owen Sennitt reports

Concerning also that there is food alert for Lowestoft to Bawdsey on Suffolk coast as well as flood warnings for The A12 at Blythburgh & Suffolk coast at Southwold
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Call for Evidence - Committees - UK Parliament Coastal erosion and landslips

Consultation on coastal erosion and landslips and their effect on local communities, launched by Parliament's Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Committee - deadline to respond is 10 10 25. Thanks to @alteredcoast.bsky.social for alerting us. committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evi...

Following recent high waves with storms forecast, it is perhaps appropriate to announce 5-year anniversary of @alteredcoast.bsky.social Themes of erosion, communities on the edge & high stormy seas continue with look also at communities of #Doggerland who had to flee high seas

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Last few days to respond to very useful survey to consider impact & potential remedies to severe erosion at Thorpeness. Deadline 14th September.
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Severe Erosion at Thorpeness A large ‘quarry like’ feature at Thorpeness Beach, created by severe erosion of Gabion Sea Defences. Thorpeness 9th August 2025. Erosion at Thorpeness has accelerated dramatically with …

Further thoughts about recent severe erosion at #Thorpeness, possible contributory factors and things to be aware of considering next steps re this vulnerable section of coastline

#ThorpenessBeach #coastalerosion #Suffolk

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Shape of a Beach Erosion of Cliff Face. Thorpeness Beach 11th August 2023 Recent visits to Thorpeness have revealed new erosion features, possibly exacerbated by extreme high waves observed in early July 2023. Howe…

In advance of thoughts on the most recent severe erosion at #Thorpeness Re-posting edited, re-worked piece written as an introduction on the contributory factors influencing the erosion and shape of #ThorpenessBeach

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For comparison, here are photos of same area from 2023 and 2024 #thorpeness #coastalerosion #suffolkcoast

Where the gabions used to be.......managed to get to #ThorpenessBeach #Suffolk #UK at the weekend. Location is other side of rock revetment, usually covered by waves. Quite a remarkable change.

Graves at the edge: when the coast disappears The sea is coming for Happisburgh’s graves — and now a community must decide what to save

Dunwich. Eccles-on-Sea. Happisburgh.
We’ve seen what happens when the graves go over the edge of a fast-eroding coastline. Now it’s happening again. Owen Sennitt reports

Thoughts on ten years of Maximum Observed Tide heights should have also said with both #SeaLevelRise and increasing intensity of storms it is also the greater amounts of #energy in water levels that could make higher volumes of water harder to contain with potential to accelerate erosion.

Somewhat belatedly in July, a look at ten years of Maximum Tide Heights from Lowestoft for 1st, 15th 30th January 2015 - 2025. Not narrative for #SLR but does coincide with #MetOffice #StateofClimateReport2024.

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When the sea moves inland: A global climate wake-up call from Bangladesh's Delta As sea levels climb and weather grows more extreme, coastal regions everywhere are facing a creeping threat: salt.

#ClimateEmergency - those who have done least to contribute to it suffering most.

#Salination #FoodSecurity

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Thoughts on #Winterstormdamage on #Suffolk and #Norfolk #coast. Ghostly image of #DunwichChurch used as backdrop to consider new erosion through lens of past losses to try and understand erosion at a time of #climatechange @discoverdunwich.bsky.social @eastangliabylines.co.uk

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The English city that slipped into the sea Once a thriving medieval port, Dunwich now lies beneath the waves – its lost streets haunting the deep

The English city that slipped into the sea.
Once a thriving medieval port, Dunwich now lies beneath the waves – its lost streets haunting the deep
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In remembrance of the North Sea #1953stormsurge that tragically claimed the lives of 307 people.

A useful reminder for those of us focused on coastal erosion of the vulnerability of humans, homes and infrastructure to the indifferent power of the sea.

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#Pakefield a fascinating example of #erosion and deposition with #BenacreNess an expanse of sand slowly moving North whilst beach and cliffs north of Pontins Holiday Park subject to severe attrition of the Aggregate Surplus Strength of rainfall and waves
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