"The height of the surge we are expecting on Friday morning happens around once every 20 years or so," said Stewart Wortley, the Met Office's head of storm tide forecasting.
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North Sea Oil Platforms Shut Down
Oil platforms off the Norwegian and Dutch coasts were shut down on Friday
Oil platforms off the Norwegian and Dutch coasts were shut down on Friday after a storm in the North Sea.
The Netherlands also stepped up surveillance of all the seawalls along its coast for the first time since 1976. One third of the Dutch land mass is below sea level.
"The height of the surge we are expecting on Friday morning happens around once every 20 years or so," said Stewart Wortley, the Met Office's head of storm tide forecasting.
"The height of the surge we are expecting on Friday morning happens around once every 20 years or so," said Stewart Wortley, the Met Office's head of storm tide forecasting.
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