No major damage from large storm
From Times Wire Reports
A powerful storm unleashed tidal surges and ferocious winds that prompted hundreds to evacuate in Britain.
Waves up to 20 feet high rolled up against sea defenses in Lowestoft, the most easterly point in Britain, about 120 miles northeast of London on the North Sea coast.
But the peak of the predicted surge passed without causing any major damage.
Britain closed the Thames River barrier, downstream from London, as a precaution.
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