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The Bristol Channel floods of 30 January 1607 [a] drowned many people and destroyed a large amount of farmland and livestock during a flood in the Bristol Channel.The known tide heights, probable weather, extent and depth of flooding, and coastal flooding elsewhere in the British Isles on the same day all point to the cause being a storm surge rather than a tsunami.
The Bristol Channel floods of 30 January 1607 , caused by either a storm surge or a tsunami, resulted in the drowning of an estimated 2,000 people, with houses and villages swept away, an estimated 200 square miles (518 km 2) of farmland inundated and livestock destroyed. [6] This was one of the worst natural disasters recorded in Britain.
1607: Bristol Channel floods: 30 January 1607 (possible tsunami). Flooding in the Bristol Channel hit Carmarthenshire, Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, Devon, and Somerset. 1623–24: Famine: Said to be the last peace-time famine in England. 1638: The Great Thunderstorm: Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Devon, four killed and 60 injured. 1665: Great Plague of ...
Within the channel, however, there is an east–west valley 65–100 ft (20–30 m) deep, which is thought to have been formed by fluvial run-off during Pleistocene phases of lower sea level. [15] Along the margins of the Bristol Channel are extensive linear tidal sandbanks, which are dredged for aggregates.
BRISTOL, Tenn. (WJHL) – Parts of Bristol Motor Speedway are flooded and damaged after severe weather in the area. The iconic “It’s Bristol Baby!” sustained damage in the storm, with ...
The Bristol Channel floods of 1607 are believed to have affected large parts of the Somerset Levels with flooding up to 8 feet (2 m) above sea level. [67] [68] In 1625, a House of Correction was established in Shepton Mallet and, today, HMP Shepton Mallet is England's oldest prison still in use. [69] [70]
Before the National Weather Service puts out an emergency flash flood warning, it needs clear indication of "imminent or ongoing" flooding.
FILE: A couple walks along a road near Alljoy Landing on Sept. 11, 2017 in Bluffton flooded by a combination of an unusually high tide and storm surge from Tropical Storm Irma.