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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.
30 January 1607, Bristol Channel floods, 1607 – the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary were devastated by a flood. Long considered as a storm, ...
Channel 6: W06BP - New Haven - Now W09CZ-D Roslyn NY; Channel 10: W10BQ - New Haven; Channel 11: W11BJ - Hartford; Channel 12: W12BH - CPTV - Waterbury (launched in 1979, ceased <2009) Channel 17: W17CD - Stamford - Now W09CZ-D Roslyn NY; Channel 51: WNHX-LP - New Haven; Channel 59: W59AA: West Haven (signed off due to the launch of what is now ...
The channel as seen from Barry, Wales The Bristol Channel coast at Ilfracombe, North Devon, looking west towards Lee Bay, with Lundy in the distance. The Bristol Channel is an important area for wildlife, in particular waders, and has protected areas, including national nature reserves such as Bridgwater Bay at the mouth of the River Parrett.
Building a tidal lagoon in the Bristol Channel could provide clean energy for 120 years, an MP has said. The proposed West Somerset Lagoon, which would cost £10bn to build, would run nine miles ...
The ambush killings of two Connecticut police officers was likely fueled by an angry interaction the gunman had with police earlier, along with building pressures in his personal life and his ...
A Bristol man has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a minor in 2019. Aaron Plummer, 36, took a plea bargain Thursday in New Britain Superior Court, pleading guilty to one felony count of ...
The position of the town on the edge of the Somerset Levels and moors where they meet the Bristol Channel, has resulted in a history dominated by land reclamation and sea defences since Roman times. Burnham was seriously affected by the Bristol Channel floods of 1607, with the present curved concrete wall being completed in 1988. There have ...