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More than £400,000 is being spent on repairing flood defences which protect homes along a Devon estuary. A 200m stretch of defences is being repaired at Dawlish Warren by the Environment Agency.
"Exmouth RNLI volunteers were tasked to conduct a shoreline search of Dawlish Beach following reports of major flooding in the town," a spokesperson for the RNLI said. "This followed concerns that ...
The RNLI carried out searches after major flooding hit Dawlish on Sunday. The seaside town was left underwater after a stream which flows through the town burst its banks. Water gushed into the ...
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Like Sandra, she was working when the flooding started. "I've never seen anything like it," she said. "It all happened in the space of about half an hour, and the water came up really quickly.
Dawlish is recovering from heavy rain and flooding that left the seaside town underwater on Sunday. A stream which flows through the town burst its banks yesterday , flooding roads and pavements.
Mr Carne replied that quite a few studies on the Dawlish sea wall had been carried out and in 120 years the wall had never been breached. The recent storms at Dawlish were ‘the worst that have ...
The flood defences were overwhelmed by the huge waves and the 91 mph-strong winds as ITV News ... It is not just Dawlish that is affected, this railway line is to Plymouth, the naval ...
Three flood alerts have been raised near Dawlish, including the Lower Exe area, Rivers Otter and Sid, Exmouth area, and the River Teign area.
The warning, issued late on Monday night, says that flooding is possible. The flood alert has been issued for the South Devon coast from Start Point to Dawlish Warren.
Waves gouged out sea defences at Dawlish in 2014 To protect the line from closure and to reduce flooding of the track by 90%. Network Rail points to forecasts of a sea level rise of 0.8m (3ft) in ...
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