Emergency in Dawlish: Police Shut Down Roads Amidst Flash Flood Chaos
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Published 2023-09-17
As the water level rose in Dawlish, it breached the last bridge before entering the sea.
People were stranded on either side of the road as the police taped off the area.
Sea Breeze Cafe was nearly flooded, but other businesses weren't so lucky. The road is open again now.
All Comments (21)
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Good local news reporting - much better than TV.
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If you can find someone who resided in Dawlish in 1810 they would tell you how floods took away 8 new bridges. It would probably have been the worst they had seen in their life time. 😮
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Thanks for being able to report this flood and record the affect on Dawlish....
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You build up along an ancient river bed and centuries later this happens 😮
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All floods are caused by bad water management. Hiding the Water board in the Environment agency hasn't helped.
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Im guessing its no longer a mystery why Dawlish was built on a flood plain ......
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Unbelievable i I was on holiday here last week ,me and my wife were sitting on one of these benches in glorious sunshine, just goes to show how quick the weather changes.
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Amazing. Hope all the black swans are safe and sheltered
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Looking back to when that sea defence was built, it looked quite insignificant, but seeing that volume of water taking excess onto the beach and safely missing the station, made it all make sense. Amazing footage, thanks for sharing.
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An emergency only occurs when the infrastructure is not maintained, rivers not dredged, gullies and drains not cleared or repaired due to collapse. The managed decline of our country is to blame, not the weather.
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Great footage 👍🏻 Hope nobody was injured especially the wildlife 🤔
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Good job the sea was there to take the excess water.😊
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The slow motion pics are awesome!
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It has happened before. The water has been up over that bridge, flooded the road and pavement in front of the businesses. I used to live in Dawlish and remember not being able to drive down into town.
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Very nicely done and concise, having followed You for a long time with the 'wall' improvements, this story gave a detailed different angle on everything! What stands out is the height of the railway track, Brunel must have been aware we would louse up the planet way back then!!!
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Thank you for posting this. Fact: it’s happened quite a few times before and worse than this. It’s a massive steep catchment and guaranteed to happen again. Think about this: Boscastle 230mm, Lynmouth, 229mm, Coverrack, 220mm. This event approximately 65mm !
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Thanks Coast Cams for the update.
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Unbelievable! Thanks for posting this.
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An excellent, informative video. I visited Dawlish about two weeks ago and had a good look at the new sea wall and associated engineering work. I must admit I wondered when the first storm would occur and how would the wall cope. I didn’t think of an inland rain storm causing flooding in Dawlish.
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Hi Neil, i was there filming it when it was gushing over and through the viewing area on the sea wall. Awesome to see the power of the water. 😮
