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are in the north and south of this region. In general, this region has an arid climate, in which most of the annual precipitation falls are from October through April. There are two regions of maximum precipitation over the country: the first is the southern beach of the Caspian Sea, which has maximum

Automatic Hemyock England 50.908, -3.226 Manual Hereford, Credenhill England 52.08, -2.801 Automatic Herstmonceux, West End England 50.89, 0.318 Automatic High Beach England 51.663, 0.043 Automatic High Mowthorpe England 54.105, -0.641 Automatic Holbeach No 2 England 52.873, 0.14 Automatic Hollacombe

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

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

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

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