to the sea in 2013, but she has to the sea in 2013, but she s refused to admit defeat and has moved just 50 metres inland. you re still basically on the front line. lam. it s now the policy of the government and the district council not to build new sea defences here, much to briony s annoyance. much to bryony s annoyance. not everyone in happisburgh thinks the water should be fought. malcolm has spent the last two decades trying to save happisburgh, and has now come to the view that organised retreat is the best way forward. so you either commit to spending billions over an extended period, or you say, ok, in the light of what s coming with climate change and sea level rise, we will do a properly managed withdrawal and look after the people as we go. scientists predict a sea level rise of about 30 centimetres by 2050 and possibly as much as a metre by the end of the century. that may not sound much, but it will bring with it flooding and waves that have increased energy
of course we know that there are sea defences in the black sea too and there are land defences in place throughout this region two, there are concerns that odesa is still being hit by these missiles. in the course of the time that i ve been here over the last three weeks or so we have seen more of these missile strikes on a regular basis. often hitting infrastructure targets like the airport but also hitting residential targets too. just over two weeks ago when i was in a residential block of flats that was hit when multiple people died including a family, including a three month old baby girl that died in that flat do. the concern here is that these missile strikes are becoming more frequent, whether that means there is some form of assault that the kremlin is planning in the future, we don t know. i think many feel the defences here are strong. but the worry is that they will continue to try to target the city both to hit infrastructure targets but also create a sense of intimidation
as soon as the red alert was issued yesterday, we issued advice to our schools to close. most of our schools to close. most of our schools are closed today. we have closed of the seafront, we have got very good sea defences here in weston super mare and other parts of the north coast so we have close that, travel is disrupted for most of the morning. the message is very family stay at home, batten down the hatches and wait four to fuss over. as ever, they can and await for eunice to passover. what do you know about the travel situation where you are? it hasn t peaked where you are so there is a window for people to get where they need to get and then hunker down? the get where they need to get and then hunker down? get where they need to get and then hunker down? . . ., ., hunker down? the advice we have had is to avoid any hunker down? the advice we have had is to avoid any unnecessary hunker down? the advice we have had is to avoid any unnecessary travel. i is to avoid any un
we are encouraging people to make sure that they haven t got any loose garden furniture that can get blown away. if they re putting the recycling out, make sure it is properly battened down or perhaps leave it for another week. we have asked the public to take sensible precautions with their own property. clearly we are encouraging people to stay at home in the morning, don t make unnecessary journeys. we are certainly encouraging people to stay away from the coast. for the north coast here in cornwall there is a particular risk. your weatherman were saying earlier on that you worry about storm surges and that is very much a concern down here. this event coincides with one of the highest tides of the year with high tide at seven o clock in the morning down here, just at the point when the storm is due to hit. so over topping of sea defences is also a real concern we are planning for.