The period began on 5 December 2013 when a deep low pressure area moved from the Atlantic over Scotland and the North Sea inducing a storm surge in the Irish Sea and North Sea coasts of the United Kingdom . In the North Sea some of the highest level tides were recorded in the Humber and Thames estuaries , exceeding levels which occurred during the disastrous North Sea flood of 1953 . Flooding occurred in Tyneside , Teesside , along the Yorkshire coast , around the Humber and the Wash , where in particular the town of Boston , Lincolnshire was badly affected by when the high tide overtopped defences
North Sea flood of 1953
North Sea flood of 1953
2013–14 United Kingdom winter floods