January 13, 2017 8.41 am This story is over 86 months old

Emergency services and army remain on guard as high tide passes in Lincolnshire

Emergency services are continuing to monitor the potential for a storm surge along the Lincolnshire coast, despite this morning’s high tide passing without major incident. Some 11 residents have spent the night in the county’s rest centres in Louth as a precaution. The A52 at Trusthorpe has also been closed as a precaution. The number…

Emergency services are continuing to monitor the potential for a storm surge along the Lincolnshire coast, despite this morning’s high tide passing without major incident.

Some 11 residents have spent the night in the county’s rest centres in Louth as a precaution.

Photo: Lincolnshire Reporter

The A52 at Trusthorpe has also been closed as a precaution.

The number of homes now considered ‘at risk’ has been reduced from as many as 4,000 to around 1,000.

Photo: Lincolnshire Reporter

The next high tide is at around 6.30pm.

Photo: Steve Smailes for Lincolnshire Reporter

Follow Lincolnshire Reporter’s live blog for updates on the storm surge.


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