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Pockets of south Somerset saw flash flooding on Sunday, with major roads closed, including the A303. ... Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service has been inundated with calls and all crews in ...
A primary school had to be evacuated after being struck by lighting in thunderstorms that caused flash flooding and disruption in Devon.Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service was called to ...
Elliot Ball - BBC News, South West. January 27, 2025 at 5:36 AM. ... Flooding on the A303 in Devon became so bad it was closed in both directions between Upottery and Horton Cross.
The Environment Agency issues flood warnings for rivers across Devon due to heavy rain. ... Zhara Simpson - BBC News, South West. January 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM.
The Priory Meadow Shopping Centre in Hastings was evacuated after floods. [49] The Ship Inn at Cockwood in Devon collapsed after heavy rain. [50] Localised floods in Lanchester, County Durham caused homes to be evacuated. [51] A man was swept out to sea at Burnham-on-Sea. [52] In Dorset, businesses in Sherborne were damaged by flash floods. [53]
The season saw persistent flooding on the Somerset Levels with recurrent fluvial flooding in Southern England of the non-tidal Thames, Severn and in Kent, Sussex and Hampshire and the Stour in Dorset. Briefer coastal flooding and wave battering damage took place in exposed parts of Dorset, Devon and Cornwall.
The Met Office is warning of possible thunderstorms and flooding in Devon and Cornwall. ... Alex Green - BBC News, South West. January 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM.
Today, there stands a memorial garden. [5] On 16 August 2004 - exactly 52 years to the day of the Lynmouth Flood - a similar incident happened in Cornwall, when flash floods caused extensive damage to Boscastle, but without loss of life. The hydrological setting of these two villages is very similar. [6]