Whitby battered by tidal floods

Photographer Ceri Oakes braved the elements to take these dramatic images of Whitby seafront during Friday's storm sturge.
Flooding in Whitby due to a tidal surge this afternoon. Picture: Ceri Oakes. Friday 13 January 2017.Flooding in Whitby due to a tidal surge this afternoon. Picture: Ceri Oakes. Friday 13 January 2017.
Flooding in Whitby due to a tidal surge this afternoon. Picture: Ceri Oakes. Friday 13 January 2017.

The east coast was battered by high winds and rising tides at around 4pm. Several properties were reported to have been flooded in Whitby.

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