Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Dalilin ambaliyar ba shi da tabbas kuma ana jayayya da shi. An daɗe ana gaskata cewa ambaliyar ruwa ta haifar da haɗuwa da yanayin yanayi da tsananin ruwa, amma binciken da aka buga a shekara ta 2002 ya nuna wasu shaidar tsunami a cikin Channel. Kodayake wasu shaidu daga lokacin sun bayyana abubuwan da suka faru kamar tsunami, akwai kuma kamanceceniya da kwatancin ambaliyar 1953 a Gabashin Anglia
, wanda wata guguwa ta haifar. An nuna cewa tides da yanayi a lokacin sun iya haifar da irin wannan tashin hankali.