On Wednesday, 30 January 2013 22:24:51 UTC, MCC wrote:
On the night of 30/31 January 1953 there was a screaming gale of NW'ly wind
around the Northern Isles which caused a storm surge down the North Sea
causing serious flooding along the East Anglia and Kent coasts and across
into the mainland Europe low-lying coastal countries accompanied by
considerable loss of life.

Quite a nice retrospective from a company I used to work for here (and yes I suppose I'm biased in saying that!)

http://www.rms.com/publications/1953...rospective.pdf

Richard