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    Rights: Ian Britton, CC BY-NC 2.0 Published 2 May 2011, Updated 24 July 2019 Size: 190 KB Referencing Hub media

    When storm surges combine with a high spring tide, the resulting waves can overtop the coastline. This causes flooding by seawater.

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