:00:00. > :00:10.I'm Katherine Nash. for the news where you are.
:00:11. > :00:13.More now on the threat flooding on the east coast.
:00:14. > :00:17.In the last hour, Norfolk has narrowly escaped flood water
:00:18. > :00:21.as high tide came and went without breaching sea walls.
:00:22. > :00:26.The Environment Agency has issued 17 severe warnings across the region.
:00:27. > :00:28.It's because of a combination of a high tide, strong
:00:29. > :00:36.In the next two hours the focus falls on the Suffolk
:00:37. > :00:39.Alex Dunlop is in Great Yarmouth for us now,
:00:40. > :00:53.Very much so, I am at the Ormiston venture Academy, one of the
:00:54. > :00:59.emergency centres set up to take in the evacuees and here there are
:01:00. > :01:02.about 400 contingency places but only three people have turned up,
:01:03. > :01:08.two ladies, little girl, more volunteers than evacuees if you
:01:09. > :01:12.like, which I guess is good news. I was down at the river about half an
:01:13. > :01:17.you can see people still at the last you can see people still at the last
:01:18. > :01:22.moment where putting sand in sandbags and people were taking a
:01:23. > :01:26.look at the Riverside, more like tourists, really, looking at the
:01:27. > :01:33.rising water. It reached about two feet below the river wall but it
:01:34. > :01:37.looks like the worst is over. We have been told that none of the
:01:38. > :01:44.river walls have been breached. Norfolk police told me that the did
:01:45. > :01:47.a knock of -- a knock around of around 5000 properties and only
:01:48. > :01:51.about 60% of people said they would come to the centres and they asked
:01:52. > :01:54.the head of Norfolk Fire and rescue if he was concerned that some of the
:01:55. > :01:59.people decided to stay at home. It does cause a problem for us because
:02:00. > :02:02.if the worst happens but we have seen the flooding elsewhere it means
:02:03. > :02:07.we are the people who have to go and get them and that can cause a big
:02:08. > :02:10.problem. The other problem we can have is people who decide they want
:02:11. > :02:15.to have a look and see what is going on and put themselves at risk. We do
:02:16. > :02:18.not have the resources to deal with that -- we have to dedicate the
:02:19. > :02:24.sauce to dealing with that instead of putting them where we need to
:02:25. > :02:31.evacuate people. Is the worst over? Yes, the worst is over. Now we can
:02:32. > :02:36.with outstanding centres down. And we can thank everyone who helped us
:02:37. > :02:41.in this period. The volunteers, the army and Fire Service. I'd back you
:02:42. > :02:45.do not think you overreacted? We don't ever believe that, if we had a
:02:46. > :02:51.breach they would have been so happy to have those people there to help
:02:52. > :02:54.them. Have other high tide coming, is the worst over? The worst is
:02:55. > :03:04.over, this was the high tide for search. Eventually for everyone
:03:05. > :03:06.involved. Many thanks. You can catch up with more on BBC online.
:03:07. > :03:08.In Suffolk the Bascule Bridge in Lowestoft was closed tonight
:03:09. > :03:11.and so was the town's railway station.
:03:12. > :03:13.In Southwold high tide is expected in about half
:03:14. > :03:20.an hour, making its way down the coast to Felixtowe by 12.30.
:03:21. > :03:22.Kevin Burch has spent the day at Felixstowe Ferry
:03:23. > :03:24.to see how the village has been preparing for
:03:25. > :03:35.For the people here at Felixstowe Ferry because of where they live
:03:36. > :03:40.just a few hundred feet from the North Sea, even closer to the river
:03:41. > :03:43.at the ST which trend back and they know all about the threat from
:03:44. > :03:50.flooding, I tide was at midday and before that people were saying the
:03:51. > :03:55.water would not get up to the levels we saw in 2013. Of course it is this
:03:56. > :04:01.tide later they were worried about, but people see they have done what
:04:02. > :04:05.they can and moved possessions and equipment as high as they can and
:04:06. > :04:09.they will see what comes. As one person said it is what you expect
:04:10. > :04:10.living on the coast. If you don't like it then moved to a town.
:04:11. > :04:12.Meanwhile in Essex, high tide is expected after midnight.
:04:13. > :04:14.I could hit Harwich at 12.30, and Southend just
:04:15. > :04:20.Our Chief Reporter Kim Riley has spent the day in Jaywick,
:04:21. > :04:23.where thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes.
:04:24. > :04:32.The tide is due to peak at quarter to one in the morning.
:04:33. > :04:37.This afternoon the emergency services were gathering ahead of a
:04:38. > :04:42.concerted evacuation programme, fire crews and police are visiting homes,
:04:43. > :04:46.advising people to get to safety. Hazel who would knew the sea wall
:04:47. > :04:51.was planning to return to a rest centre. They told us that is going
:04:52. > :04:55.to be quite bad tonight. I have just come home to have a cup of tea and
:04:56. > :04:57.something to eat. I have stuck things out before so we will see how
:04:58. > :05:02.things go. I will remain until the things go. I will remain until the
:05:03. > :05:07.first high tide and probably for an hour or so a comeback. Several
:05:08. > :05:11.hundred people spent the night at the rest centre, many signing in
:05:12. > :05:16.with their pets like Gloria with her dog Bonnie. Joyce Holloway is here
:05:17. > :05:20.with him neighbour. We are going home having registered, going home
:05:21. > :05:26.and having something to eat and getting ready to come back this
:05:27. > :05:30.evening for, the Toledo is safe to go back all. That is the worry,
:05:31. > :05:36.isn't it, that everyone has been put through. And when you get to our aid
:05:37. > :05:40.you don't want these worries. The police search and rescue unit at
:05:41. > :05:44.Essex search and rescue volunteers are around as the hours tick away,
:05:45. > :05:46.to the next high tide just after midnight.
:05:47. > :05:49.or want the latest information you can call the Floodline
:05:50. > :05:59.There's also more on the local pages of the BBC News Website.
:06:00. > :06:02.And both BBC Radio Norfolk and Suffolk are broadcasting
:06:03. > :06:14.I'll leave you with the weekend forecast now, here's Dan Holley.
:06:15. > :06:20.A lot of whether to talk about, of course we had some snow this morning
:06:21. > :06:24.and for the winter showers continuing in Norfolk. The strong
:06:25. > :06:28.northerly winds creating the big waves that we have seemed down the
:06:29. > :06:37.Norfolk coast. A tented travelling to the Suffolk and Essex coast will
:06:38. > :06:39.the next 2-3 hours. We have had a few wintry showers across parts of
:06:40. > :06:42.north and east Norfolk and they will continue overnight and many other
:06:43. > :06:47.areas becoming dry with clear spells and terrible cloud. Breezy but low
:06:48. > :06:53.enough temperature wise for the ice to appear first thing tomorrow and
:06:54. > :06:57.-2 -3 in some places. A lot of dry weather tomorrow, with spells of
:06:58. > :07:03.sunshine and it will be more cloudy across Norfolk and the Suffolk.
:07:04. > :07:07.Further snow showers feeding inland and the snow could be a couple
:07:08. > :07:10.centimetres in places. Temperatures will be three or 4 degrees when you
:07:11. > :07:15.add on the wind, not the strongest today. Cold start to Sunday, rain
:07:16. > :07:19.moving into the Atlantic, snow and the leading edge of that and
:07:20. > :07:25.eventually turning back to rain, it will be cold the Anthony C cloud and
:07:26. > :07:31.outbreaks rain with temperatures of 45 degrees. Monday looking guy,
:07:32. > :07:32.lovely side to buy the, looking chilly with the risk of overnight
:07:33. > :07:34.frost. 5-6 is the best we will have. It
:07:35. > :07:42.stays cold into the beginning of next week as well