Tidal surge raises east coast flood alert
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/weather/Story/0,,2208067,00.html
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East Anglia most at threat from unusual conditions. Better prepared than 1953, says Environment Agency. Gordon Brown convened a meeting of the Cobra emergency contingencies committee amid signs that a storm surge off the coast of East Anglia would lead to flash flooding.
Ministers were particularly concerned about the vulnerability of the port of Lowestoft in Suffolk.
The first indications of the scale of the threat came as the environment secretary, Hilary Benn, told the Commons of the danger, but ministers decided it was sufficiently acute to convene Cobra, a meeting of ministers and emergency planners from across Whitehall.
Ministers were particularly concerned about the vulnerability of the port of Lowestoft in Suffolk.
The first indications of the scale of the threat came as the environment secretary, Hilary Benn, told the Commons of the danger, but ministers decided it was sufficiently acute to convene Cobra, a meeting of ministers and emergency planners from across Whitehall.
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