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Since 1915
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Comments/Damage
1 (Low)[2] 13 January 1916 Essex; Humberside; Kent 0
1 (Low)[3] 14 September 1916 Blakeney Point 0
3 (Medium)[4] 5 November 1916 Bournemouth; Isle of Wight; Portsmouth 0 Flooding occurred along the south coast, particularly in Dorset and around the Solent. In Portsmouth, coastal roads were flooded up to a depth of 0.9 metres (3 feet), and flooding damaged the lower floors of a hospital. In Cowes on the Isle of Wight, residential streets were flooded.
4 (Medium)[5] 26 January 1917 Hallsands 0 The village of Hallsands in south Devon was completely destroyed by a large storm surge, which demolished 29 residential properties as well as other buildings. The village was subsequently rebuilt higher on the cliff, overlooking the partially submerged ruins of the old village.
2 (Low)[6] 15 January 1918 Littlehampton; Northam; Shoreham-by-Sea; Southampton 0 A combination of high tides and heavy snowfall led to marine and river flooding at multiple coastal locations around the country. In Southampton, multiple streets were flooded with several feet of water. At Shoreham and Littlehampton, coastal rivers burst their banks as a result of high tides restricting excess runoff from returning to the sea.
1 (Low)[7] 28 February 1918 East Anglia; Kent; Thames Estuary 0
1 (Low)[8] 17 February 1919 Grimsby 0
2 (Low)[9] 8 January 1920 Dundee; Perth; Tayside 0 A combination of high tides and heavy rainfall caused marine and river flooding along the east coast of Scotland, inundating miles of land. Flooding in Perth was the most serious experienced for many years. In Dundee, an exceptional high tide, the highest since 1868, was observed, causing flooding in the harbour.
2 (Low)[10] 29 May 1920 Grimsby; Louth 22 A combination of marine and river flooding from heavy rainfall and high tides. 350 properties were seriously damaged. The majority of fatalities resulted from river flooding, and so the storm surge is rated as a Low severity event.
1 (Low)[11] 29 July 1921 Folkestone 0
4 (Medium)[12] 1 November 1921 East Anglia; eastern Scotland; Greater London; Lincolnshire 0 The water level rose to nearly 3 feet above normal levels at Sheerness Dockyard and 2 feet above normal at Tilbury Dock. Embankments withstood breaching around central London, but further upstream of the Thames, properties were flooded. Putney was amongst the worst affected areas. Conditions along the Victoria Embankment between Blackfriars and Westminster were described as "extraordinary", though serious damage did not occur. The railway line between Hythe and Wivenhoe was washed away, and trains between Clacton-on-Sea and Colchester were delayed.
4 (Medium)[13] 17 December 1921 Alloa; Blyth; Brough; Dundee; Grimsby; Kingston upon Hull 0 In Hull, residential streets were flooded up to a depth of 8 feet, trapping people in the upper floors of buildings; the worst affected area was the low-lying Wincolmlee oil milling quarter. Damages in Hull were estimated at £750,000 (equivalent to £30 million in 2014). In Alloa, the Town Hall, Post Office, Holy Trinity Church, St. Mary's Church and several banks were all flooded up to a depth of 4 feet. Elsewhere, the railway line at Brough was flooded and in Dundee, ships were swept inland and subsequently tied to lamp posts to prevent their loss. Flooding was also reported in Blyth and Grimsby.
2 (Low)[14] 18 December 1921 Alloa 0 Further considerable flooding was reported in Alloa, a day after a previous storm had affected the town and many others along the east coast. The quays were flooded up to 100 yards inland, inundating the Mar Hotel. Agricultural land and islands in the floodplain around Tullibody were almost entirely submerged, drowning 35 sheep.
1 (Low)[15] 1 January 1922 Southend-on-Sea 0
1 (Low)[16] 8 March 1922 Dover; Folkestone; Margate 0
1 (Low)[17] 14 April 1922 London; Sharpness 0
1 (Low)[18] 11 October 1922 Essex; Kent 0
1 (Low)[19] 27 October 1922 Skegness 0
2 (Low)[20] 7 February 1923 Dumfries 0
3 (Medium)[21] 10 October 1923 Folkestone; Hastings; Hythe; Kingston upon Hull; Portsmouth; Sandgate; Scarborough; Severn Beach 0 Coastal defences were overtopped in Folkestone and Hythe, and breached completely at Sandgate. Between Folkestone, Sandgate and Hythe, coastal roads were flooded and closed for several days. In Hythe, the road behind the seawall was flooded to a depth of 2 feet, inundating twelve properties on the immediate seafront; the storm surge travelled several hundred yards inland, flooding properties further inland with up to 1 foot of water. In Sandgate, 10 houses were damaged by rough waves breaching the seawall, and one house was destroyed; the 15th-century castle was also severely damaged. Railway sidings and dockside facilities were flooded in Folkestone. Flooding also affected the town centres of Hastings and Portsmouth, where floodwaters reached up to the windowsills of houses. Five people - three soldiers and two porters - were seriously injured on a train close to Dover which was damaged by severe gales, which suspended all cross-Channel shipping traffic overnight.
3 (Medium)[22] 27 November 1924 Isle of Wight; Hampshire 0 Regarded as one of the most severe flooding events experienced by the Isle of Wight. A depression of around 980 mbar (29 inHg) centred over the Bay of Biscay created a hurricane-force southwesterly flow towards the south coast of the United Kingdom during a spring tide, with the shape of the Solent particularly worsening flooding in this area. Many houses were flooded with up to 3 ft (0.91 m) of water in Cowes (including High Street) and Seaview on the Isle of Wight and in St Denys (including Broad Street) in Southampton, and flooding around the estuaries of the Rivers Itchen and Test caused severe damage to railway lines on the mainland. Boats moored in the estuaries were smashed together and sunk. Additionally in Cowes, some wind damage to structures was reported. Communication to much of the Isle of Wight was cut off due to damage to telephone wires. In the centres of Southampton and Portsmouth, some coastal flooding was reported as waves overtopped coastal defences. Waves in the English Channel reportedly reached as high as 60 ft (18 m), disrupting shipping activity.
1 (Low)[23] 29 November 1924 Cowes 0 Following the more severe storm two days previously, further storm surge flooding of Cowes on the Isle of Wight was reported on 29 November, although there were few impacts elsewhere.
2 (Low)[24] 3 December 1924 Hampshire; West Sussex 0 A storm described as a "great gale" caused considerable coastal damage in the Chichester and Lymington areas. West Street in Chichester was flooded, as were areas surrounding Chichester harbour. In Bosham, the boarding school was flooded and many residents were trapped upstairs in their homes by a suddenly rising tide, which due to the lay of the land approached from behind the homes in this location. Many other coastal roads and properties were flooded across these areas.
2 (Low)[25] 27 December 1924 Blackpool; Deal; Dundee; Fleetwood; Folkestone; Gretna; Portsmouth; Sandgate; Southsea 0 The storm surge affecting agricultural land around Gretna resulted in the drowning of around 1,200 sheep at Rockcliff Marsh. Floodwaters overtopped the harbour wall in Dundee, causing minor flooding of the port, and extensive but mild flooding was reported across the country.
1 (Low)[26] 21 February 1925 Bolton-le-Sands; Knott End-on-Sea; Morecambe; Pilling 0
1 (Low)[27] 8 November 1925 Folkestone 0
1 (Low)[28] 25 November 1925 Aldeburgh 0
1 (Low)[29] 19 February 1926 Morecambe 0
1 (Low)[30] 10 October 1926 Humberside; Kent 0
2 (Low)[31] 4 November 1926 Broomielaw; Glasgow; Innerleithen; Kirkcudbright 0 The tide at Glasgow was the highest observed since 1882, which in combination with higher than normal river flows resulted in serious flooding of low-lying areas alongside the Clyde. An abnormally high tide at Kirkcudbright overtopped the breastwork of the harbour, flooding nearby areas. Innerleithen's High Street was entirely inundated.
1 (Low)[32] 30 December 1926 Heysham; Morecambe; Preston 0
1 (Low)[33] 28 January 1927 Fleetwood 0 High tides caused the seawall at Fleetwood to collapse, flooding surrounding areas.
1 (Low)[34] 5 February 1927 Chiswick and the Lower Thames Valley 0
1 (Low)[35] 5 March 1927 Eel Pie Island and the Lower Thames Valley 0
1 (Low)[36] 19 September 1927 Boston and surrounding coast 0
1 (Low)[37] 23 September 1927 Dover; Folkestone; Scarborough 0
5 (High)[38] 28 October 1927 Aberglaslyn; Blackpool; Criccieth; Fleetwood; Lancaster; Porthmadog 30 The worst of the flooding occurred in the town of Fleetwood, after coastal defences were completely demolished. The resulting severe flooding in the town resulted in six fatalaties from drowning, including three hospital patients. An estimated 41 million tons of water flooded five square kilometres of The Fylde peninsula up to 12 feet deep following the failure of seawalls and levees around Fleetwood and, to a lesser extent, Blackpool. Around 10,000 people, 45% of Fleetwood's population, were severely impacted by the flooding, with 1,200 houses suffering serious damage. All road and rail links to the town were cut off and gas and electricity supplies were cut to the entire town. Subsequent heavy rainfall hampered efforts at pumping away the water, with large parts of the town remaining underwater for two or three days. Severe looting was reported across the town in the aftermath of the flooding. Damage to the seawall alone was estimated at £11,000, equivalent to £600,000 in 2018. Flooding extended as far inland as Aberglaslyn, drowning many cattle. In Lancaster, flooding from the River Lune at Lancaster Isolation Hospital resulted in the drowning deaths of three tuberculosis patients who were asleep on the ground floor. Twelve fishermen drowned in Tellegan Bay in Ireland after their fishing boat capsized in stormy weather; the storm was described as the worst for 60 years.
1 (Low)[39] 9 November 1927 London 0
1 (Low)[40] 26 December 1927 Chesil Beach; Deal; Dover; Herne Bay; Isle of Portland; Lowestoft; Thames Estuary 0 Coastal damage to properties was reported in Herne Bay. In Deal, weather conditions over the Christmas period were described as the worst on record.
5 (High)[41] 6 January 1928 Greater London; Maldon; Stranraer 14 The worst flooding to affect Central London during the 20th century, killing 14 people and making at least 4,000 people homeless. Rainfall during the first week of January 1928 approached double the average for the time of year, causing the level of the River Thames to rise considerably higher than usual. Subsequently, a storm surge at high tide on 6 January - the highest storm surge in the area since 1881 - caused water to back up the river, which burst its banks throughout London. The storm surge measured 1.5 metres at Southend-on-Sea and 1.8 metres in central London, breaking the previous record high by 0.3 metres. As a result, embankments throughout the city were breached. The London boroughs of Greenwich, Hammersmith, Lambeth and Southwark as well as Westminster and the City of London were worst affected. The London Underground suffered severe flooding, as did the House of Commons and the lower floors of the Tate Gallery, with some artwork lost. The Wandsworth gasworks, Lots Road Power Station and the Blackwall Tunnel were all flooded. Damage in Bermondsey alone was estimated at £100,000, equivalent to £5.5 million in 2014. Elsewhere, in Maldon in Essex, "mountainous seas" breached the seawall and flooded coastal properties; severe flooding was also reported at Stranraer.
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  2. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1916-01-13/
  3. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1916-09-14/
  4. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1916-11-05/
  5. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1917-01-26/
  6. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/6883/
  7. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1918-02-28/
  8. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1919-02-17/
  9. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1920-01-08/
  10. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1920-05-29/
  11. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1921-07-29/
  12. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1921-11-01/
  13. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1921-12-17/
  14. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1921-12-18/
  15. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1922-01-01/
  16. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1922-03-08/
  17. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1922-04-14/
  18. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1922-10-11/
  19. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1922-10-27/
  20. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1923-02-07/
  21. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1923-10-10/
  22. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1924-11-27/
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  24. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1924-12-03/
  25. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1924-12-27/
  26. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1925-02-21/
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  28. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1925-11-25/
  29. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1926-02-19/
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  31. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1926-11-04/
  32. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1926-12-30/
  33. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1927-01-28/
  34. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1927-02-05/
  35. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1927-03-05/
  36. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1927-09-19/
  37. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1927-09-23/
  38. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1927-10-28/
  39. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1927-11-09/
  40. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/1927-12-26/
  41. ^ https://www.surgewatch.org/events/19280106/
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