{"id":284933,"date":"2023-10-25T11:00:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=284933"},"modified":"2023-10-25T11:00:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T09:00:57","slug":"what-caused-severe-floods-in-the-1950s-sky-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=284933","title":{"rendered":"What Caused Severe Floods In The 1950s, Sky\u00a0News?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Great floods of 1953<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The number of bad floods per year did increase from about three in the late 19th century to more than 20 in the early 21st. However, records are heavily skewed as most of the middling-sized floods that happened before 1950 have simply passed out of memory.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A family being evacuated in Whitstable, Kent, during the ‘Great Storm’ of 1953. These floods killed 307 people in eastern England and were the catalyst for the construction of the Thames Barrier. Credit: Canterbury City Council 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sky Blame Babet Floods On Climate Change<\/a><\/blockquote>