Thursday, 6 February 2014

DUH: MAFURIKO NOMA CHEKI YALIVYO FANYA UHARIBIFU

Obliterated: Workmen assess a huge hole exposing ground services and exposed railway track after the sea wall collapsed in Dawlish, where high tides and strong winds have created havoc


Slipping away: Furniture and possessions fall from a sea front home in Dawlish after the ground beneath it was literally swept out to sea
Damaged: Engineers and members of the emergency services combine to survey the sunken section of the mainline railway track near Dawlish, Devon

Response: Railway workers inspect the main Exeter to Plymouth railway line that has been closed due to parts of it being washed away by the sea at Dawlish

Dawlish destruction: With high tides combined with gale force winds and further heavy rain, some parts of the UK are bracing themselves for more flooding

Splash: Gale force winds, rain and tidal surges continue to batter the UK coastlines today. This is the scene on Western Esplanade in Brighton, East Sussex

Transport: A resident waits for an all-terrain vehicle to take her along the flooded road into Muchelney from Langport, Somerset
Rising water: A waterside bar is pounded by the waves in Plymouth as the south-west bears the brunt of the Atlantic storm that first hit overnight


Dramatic: The church at Porthleven in south-west Cornwall is engulfed by waves during the high winds again battering the country over the next 24 hours
The sea pours down a flooded street in Newlyn, Cornwall as high seas battered the South-West

Spray: Waves crash into boarded up houses at Portmellon, Cornwall

Foamy seawater runs across the deserted asphalt in from of these homes in Porthleven

Amphibious: A driver battles his way through waves as he makes his way through Portmellon, Cornwall, after the storm which hit the area overnight
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Out of action: A sportscar has slipped into a drainage channel in the fierce storms which whipped across Portmellon the night before
Thrill seekers: Despite being warned to stay away from the coast after a number of deaths in the past month these young men took huge risks by trying to get pictures of large waves in Brighton


Residents look at flood water in the village of Ruishton, nr. Taunton, Somerset, which has flooded for the first time as flood water continues to rise in parts of the Somerset Levels
View of the railway line at Dawlish, Devon, which has been left hanging in mid-air after the sea wall was washed away
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