Not as impressive but they also closed the Norwich to Lowestoft railway line due to flooding yesterday, I think the highest this line acheives is probably 30 ft above sea level and for most of it a lot less.
The picture below is from a pub on the line there is no road access, you can see how easy it is to flood the area.
We've had stormy high winds from the north coinciding with spring tides and low air pressures all of which raise the sea level. The towns and villages on the coast only had minor damage, as the water didn't quite exceed the defences but it got very close, they had evacuated 5000 people from Great Yarmouth.
There is minor flooding in villages 20 miles inland by river today, because due to the high tides yesterday the river water could not escape.
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