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and for 4 miles out to sea at Dunkirk. It also froze widely inshore with ice patches forming at sea and on beaches. The upper Thames froze over and a car was even driven across the frozen river at Oxford. Meanwhile 283 civilians had to be airlifted from RAF Fylingdales where they had become blocked

for rip currents in South Africa. Rip currents are strong hazardous currents that run out to sea and cause hundreds of coastal drownings each year around the world. They are one of the biggest dangers facing beach users in South Africa. Research has shown that rip currents are strongly related

observed by Raymond Priestley on the beach at Cape Adare, 28 May 1911. Among the most telling differences between the two attempts is that Amundsen set off sooner with a smaller team and utilised dog-pulled sledges throughout his journey, whereas Scott decided to use ponypulled sledges – which proved

rise will impact coastal settlements through loss of beaches, shoreline retreat and inundation of low-lying areas posing a considerable risk for the third of West Africa’s population that live in coastal regions. Low-lying villages and settlements along the coast are vulnerable to inundation

, at a mean rate of 14 m/yr, where the uncertainty was 0.43 m/yr, similar to Kanwal et al. (2020). This again indicated rapid shoreline progression due to urban development in the coastal regions. In comparison, 74% of transects for the western zone showed marine erosion of the rocky and sandy beaches

follow local production failures or, at present, shocks to international trade (Hallegatte et al, 2017; Raga and Pettinotti, 2022). The Central Africa region is bordered to the west by a long coast on the Atlantic Ocean characterised by low sandy beaches, high population densities and mangrove

to this evidence Safety forecasts The Met Office will provide weather forecasts and warnings in areas of heightened risk, to ensure the safety of users. This will include mountain, and beach forecasts. These forecasts will be readily available, and have been developed in partnership with other

tourism (through degradation of sandy beaches and coral reefs), maritime transportation and port facilities (due to sea level rise and the impacts of storms, storm surges and cyclones) Tourism is a particularly important sector for the small island states. In Mauritius and the Seychelles, the sector

Office will provide weather forecasts and warnings in areas of heightened risk, to ensure the safety of users. This will include mountain, and beach forecasts. These forecasts will be readily available, and developed in partnership with other organisations, such as the Maritime and Coastguard Agency

that non specialist bi-annual briefings to government departments and some strategic resilience partners are practicable. Additionally, as part of this milestone, the PWS has undertaken research to evaluate user needs and benchmark the usefulness of mountain and beach forecasts, then developed