Summary

  • Updates on Friday, 13 January 2017

  • Seventeen severe flood warnings are in place along the East Anglian coast

  • About 4,500 people thought to have evacuated their homes in Great Yarmouth - but many others refused to leave

  • About 200 troops were sent to Great Yarmouth to help with evacuation plans

  • High water has peaked in the town and Lowestoft with 'no significant issues'

  • Environment Agency says a change in wind direction averted possible flooding

  • Great Yarmouth Borough Council leader: "I don't believe we over-reacted"

  • Homes in Jaywick, near Clacton, are evacuated - but sea wall is not breached

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