[4] Flood warnings were issued two to three hours before the highest water levels in the coastal towns of Lincolnshire.

[6] Gavin Strang of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food responded that the storm tide warning service issued an alert to the Norfolk Police at 0625 hours and a warning at 1318 hours on 11 January in relation to the Norfolk coast as far east as Mundesley.

One of the big differences between 1978 and the storm surge during the Gale of January 1976 in the town, was that damage occurred much further inland.

[1] In Boston, Lincolnshire following the failure of a brick retaining wall, St Botolph's Church and 180 houses were flooded.

[15][16] The home of Geoff Hastings was flooded destroying thousands of photos taken over two decades, years later the negatives were found on a shelf untouched by floodwater and archived in Wisbech & Fenland Museum.

[24] In Wells-next-the-Sea two major breaches occurred, flooding the adjacent marshes, damaging beach huts and grounding a 300-ton coaster on Wells quay car park.

[28] South Essex was sheltered from the main force of wind, with some breaches in rural locations, but compared to 1953 damages were light.

[35] The sea defences were breached east of The Lilies (NE of Sittingbourne) with flooding occurring along Conyer Creek.

[35] The storm brought considerable damage to the Seaview Caravan and Chalet Park in Swalecliffe due to overtopping of the sea defences.

[30] There was also damage from overtopping of flood defences at Pegwell Bay, between Ramsgate and Sandwich on the east coast of Kent.

[8] In Skegness the storm washed away two large sections of the pier and left the theatre isolated at the seaward end.

Plans to link the two sections by monorail, and to build a new 1200-seat theatre and a 250-foot tower all fell through later that year when an application for financial assistance was rejected.

[40] In Hunstanton most of the pier was destroyed by the storm, with a small section at the end removed by the council some weeks later.

[1] Herne Bay Pier saw the main deck destroyed leaving only a short section intact and the pier-head isolated out at sea.

[42] Margate jetty (to distinguish from stone harbour walls) which had been closed since 1976 because of safety issues was virtually destroyed by the 11 January 1978 storm surge isolating the lifeboat station.