Scientists claims record storm surges to help predict future flooding
Southampton, UK: Researchers at the University of Southampton have conducted the most comprehensive spatial analysis to date of storm surges along the UK and Ireland's coastlines. The findings, published in the June edition of the journal Weather and Climate Extremes, reveal significant regional variations in the intensity and duration of storm surges, with the north of the Irish Sea experiencing the longest and largest surges, while the southwest coast of England sees the shortest and smallest surges.
Over a period spanning four decades, the winter seasons of 1989/90 and 2013/14 emerged as the periods with the highest number and most severe storm surge events. These findings were derived from data collected between 1980 and 2017, highlighting 270 extreme storm surge events based on the...