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A combination
of extremely high tides, severe gales and lashing rain left many
parts of Cornwall nursing the effects of a most ferocious storm.
It
was a case of Mother Nature at her worst which lead to closed roads,
delayed trains, fallen trees and sea walls knocked about.
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see a gallery of photos as the storms hit Cornwall on 27.10.04
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The
far west of the county had the first taste of the powerful winds
combining with spring tides after they had hit the Isles of Scilly
on Wednesday.
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to
see a short clip of the waves crashing over Penzance promenade,
Cornwall on 27.10.04
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Click
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see a short clip of the waves crashing over the harbour wall
in Porthleven, Cornwall on 27.10.04
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In
Penzance the combination of spring tides and gale force winds from
the south east sent huge breakers crashing over the Promenade -
many properties in the surrounding streets were flooded.
There
was also two feet of water on the tracks at Penzance station.
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The
70-mile-an-hour winds moved along the south coast from Penzance
causing flooding at Flushing where forty houses were under water
and at nearby Penryn.
At
Looe waves crashing on the front and the rapidly rising tide lead
to road closures and people being evacuated from their homes into
the church hall.
The
force of the water blew manhole covers into the road and sea front
furniture was washed up Looe River.
The
floods caused many roads to be closed to traffic and brought southern
parts of the county almost to a standstill.
The
majority of those roads remained closed overnight on Wednesday,
as County Highways waited to see the effects of Thursday morning's
high tide.
Thursday
28th October Audio
BBC
Radio Cornwall's Matt Pengelly was in Penzance as the storm
started on Wednesday
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here to listen to his report.
The
unquenchable Cornish spirit has been saving the day - like
in Penzance where some 40 people were trapped in the Queens
Hotel - with several feet of flood water behind and the
raging sea in front.
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here to listen Matt Pengelly's report.
Dozens
of businesses and homeowners will have to start the big
clean up after a storm which has been described by the Environment
Agency as only happening once every twenty five years.
Click
here for Michael Taylor's report from the
east of the county.
Thursday
28th October
Lunchtime Audio
Click
here for
a
half hour programme with Laurence Reed and BBC Radio Cornwall
reporters, eye witnesses, and agencies reacting to the October
Storms.
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Friday
29th October Audio
The
extraordinary strength of the October storms has highlighted
growing fears about the long term threat to Cornwall's coastline
at a time of climate change.
The
government is working on new plans for sea defences which
may include so-called "managed retreat".
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here for
this
report from Chris Young
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Click
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look back at the devastation in Boscastle in August 2004.
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