Residents along the Essex coast awoke in the early hours of 1st February 1953 to a storm surge sweeping across the land.

Over 300 people lost their lives in the UK.  Over a third of them were in Essex.  59 perished on Canvey Island alone.

Footage from the time show homes, holiday camps and buisnesses submerged with just the roof tops above the water.

Lesser told is the story of how farmland was affected with many animals dieing in the water or needing to be put down as they became trapped by the water with no escpade.

Cherry Borroughs has written her first book called "The Farmer And The Fury". This fiction book is based on true stories from people who remember that night, including Cherry's husband who was a child on his parents farm in February 1953 on Foulness Island.

Owen found about more about how The Great Flood affected rural parts of Essex from Cherry and how she found the process of writting the book.

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