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See the pictures as people start to escape predicted high tide and severe weather, due to hit Jaywick.
The sun rose on Brooklands Road in Jaywick on Friday morning, as police prepared to evacuate residents amidst fears of flooding caused by a tidal surge. Pic: John Stillwell/PA Images
A Water Response Unit prepares for high tide at Jaywick, Pic: John Stillwell/PA Images
Resident Sam Hart stands outside his house before leaving it on Brooklands Road in Jaywick. Pic: John Stillwell/PA Images
Police officers telling local residents about the high tide this evening. Pic: John Stillwell/PA Images
A woman looks at the water level next to a flood gate on Harwich quay, as the Essex coast braced itself for a storm surge. Pic: Yui Mok/PA Images
Resident Michelle Hudson and her dogs Alfie and Henry walk along Brooklands Road in Jaywick, as police evacuated residents amidst fears of flooding caused by a tidal surge. Pic: John Stillwell/PA Images
Fire Rescue Services at Jaywick beach. Pic: John Stillwell/PA Images
Fire Rescue Services at Jaywick beach. Pic: John Stillwell/PA Images
Sandbags outside a restaurant on Harwich quay. Pic: Yui Mok/PA Images
A coastguard at The Strood causeway in Essex as Mersea Island prepares for flooding at high tide and a possible evacuation of properties. Pic: Victoria Jones/PA Images
coastguard drives over the Strood causeway in Essex as Mersea Island prepares for flooding at high tide and a possible evacuation of properties. Picture by: Victoria Jones Copyright: PA Wire/PA Images
People walking past a flood gate on Harwich quay. Pic: Yui Mok/PA Images
Sarah Stott talking to the Fire Rescue Service on Jaywick beach, bout her boat she bought for her grandchildren to play on, amidst fears of flooding caused by a tidal surge later this afternoon. Pic: John Stillwell/PA Images
Houses closest to the seawall at Brooklands Road in Jaywick, , from where police are evacuating residents amidst fears of flooding caused by a tidal surge. Pic: John Stillwell/PA Images
Jaywick resident Muriel Wood with her dog Rosie, arrives at the Tendring Educational Centre which is housing people who have been evacuated.Pic: John Stillwell/PA Wire