Sentence examples similar to severe high tide from inspiring English sources
The Cornish town of Looe has flooded again because of the high tide, severe gales and huge swell.
Waves crash over the harbour in Looe Jump to media player Looe in south east Cornwall floods again because of a combination of high tide, severe gales and huge swell.
Pembrokeshire council said it expected this weekend's severe weather and high tides to be similar to that seen just after new year.
The company said efforts to inspect the line and assess the damage had been initially hampered by continued severe weather and high tides.
Just days later, coastal communities along the Solway bore the brunt of more severe flooding as high tides, storm surges and gale force winds combined to overwhelm sea defences.
During the second largest El Niño on record, in the winter of 1982-83, damage was particularly severe along the coast, especially when powerful storms arrived as high tide surged onto the coast.
The timing was ominous, forecasters said, because the peak of the storm would coincide with high tide, making storm surges of up to 10 feet and severe flooding likely at and north of landfall.
One surge comes late this morning, coinciding with high tide, a second (slightly higher) surge arrives before midnight tonight, when the most severe flooding may occur across the boroughs of New York, Long Island and coastal Connecticut.
The high tide has now passed most areas of East Anglia but the Environment Agency still has eight severe flood warnings in effect.
