Many seedlings and sprouts may emerge, but most of these are eventually overtopped by faster growing species.
There must be adequate flood defences, buildings must be designed to resist flooding should defences be overtopped and there must be suitable warning and evacuation procedures.
About six months ago there was another high tide which overtopped the levels of the old defence but did not reach the level of the new one.
He does not get any standard rate tax back by invoking that because the amount he has to surrender overtops the tax which he will recover.
As a result of these unpre- cedented conditions, sea defences over a great length of coastline were overtopped and breached in many places and the sea has penetrated far inland.
My officials will be studying in consultation with the authorities concerned whether any changes need to be made in those areas where the defences were breached or overtopped.
Areas that are defended are passive until such time as the defences are overtopped or breached and are not regarded as part of the functional flood plain.
He said that in all these cases there was a small tax but a large principle, and he said later that there was some principle which overtopped the tax.
