page_title: Cyclones Anne and Christina
section_title: Forecast
hierarchical_section_title: Cyclones Anne and Christina / Cyclone Anne / Forecast
caption_attribution_description: English: Transformer and sandbags, Sydenham, Belfast
context_page_description: Cyclones Anne and Christina were a pair of winter storms that affected western Europe several days apart in early January 2014. The storms brought storm surges along the coasts of France, Ireland and the United Kingdom on high spring tides a month after Cyclone Xaver brought surges during the previous peak tides to northern Europe.
context_section_description: Meteo France issued an orange alert in Brittany for the departments of Morbihan and Ille-et-Vilaine, the warning level was raised to red for the department of Finistère. The Jersey Met Office gave out a red alert, its highest level of warning.
  In the UK the Environment Secretary Owen Paterson, after chairing a Cobra meeting on 2 January, said the country was facing "exceptional weather". Cork City Council warned of coastal flood threat in low-lying areas of the city.
  The Isle of Man Government issued a red warning (the highest) for Friday 3 January, advising that water levels were expected to be 800mm above harbour walls. Water heights were expected to be higher than a surge event in 2002, which caused 8 million pounds of damage on the island. Islanders were warned of the danger posed by contaminated water and open manhole covers; and vulnerable roads around the island were closed.
  Natural Resources Wales advised that it was expecting the highest tide to hit the entire Welsh coast since 1997.
  The Scottish Environment Protection Agency issued warnings on 2 January for coastal flooding on the west coast. It did not initially put out a flood alert for Stornoway in the Western Isles, but later issued one.
  Coastal warnings were also in place along the north Spanish and Portuguese west coasts on 3 January.
caption: Protecting electrical equipment in Belfast ahead of the storm
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