Reply to post: Re: That land doesn't have to flood

Submarine cables at risk from sea water, boffins warn. Wait, what?

Alan Brown Silver badge

Re: That land doesn't have to flood

"The Dutch solved these sorts of problems 300 years ago."

Up to a point. It comes with other kinds of problems - eg: 1953's "de Watersnoodramp"

The British solution is called the Thames barrier - and that is no longer suffficient to contain a 1953-level surge.

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