East coast flood alert

Residents push a shopping trolley full of sandbags along the seafront in Great Yarmouth Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP

A man loads a sandbag in Great Yarmouth Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP

Cars drive through flooded streets in Great Yarmouth Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP

Stranded householders at Walcott, near Great Yarmouth Photograph: John Giles/PA

A tractor drives through flooded streets in Great Yarmouth Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP

A wave breaks at Walcott, near Great Yarmouth Photograph: John Giles/PA

A man looks out of his doorway in a flooded street near the riverbank in Great Yarmouth Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP

The Thames barrier in London which has been closed to defend against the expected tidal surge Photograph: Andrew Parsons/PA

The tidal surge at Aldeburgh, Suffolk Photograph: Graham Turner/Guardian

Workmen run from the crashing waves on the seafront at Felixstowe, in Suffolk Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP

Children are caught out by a huge wave in Great Yarmouth Photograph: Jamie McDonald/Getty

A fire rescue vehicle makes its way through a flooded street at Walcott, near Great Yarmouth Photograph: John Giles/PA

A flood warden watches the waves pound the sea wall at Walcott, near Great Yarmouth Photograph: John Giles/PA

A man wades through floodwater outside his house in Great Yarmouth Photograph: Jamie McDonald/Getty

Huge waves crash in front of beach huts along the seafront at Southwold Photograph: Rex Features