Pub wall in Devon collapses following heavy rain

Pictures show the scale of the damage

Author: Sophie SquiresPublished 30th Oct 2023

The side of a pub in Devon has collapsed following heavy rain over the weekend.

Pictures show the scale of the damage at the Ship Inn at Cockwood, near Dawlish.

The Ship Inn pictured following the collapse over the weekend
The Ship Inn pictured following the collapse over the weekend

Flooding hit parts of Devon and Cornwall over the weekend, with some warnings and alerts still in force across the two counties today (Monday 30 October).

The Exeter-based Met Office are also warning that this coming week will continue to be "unsettled", as Storm Ciarán is set to bring a period of strong winds and heavy rain across parts of southern England and Wales on Thursday.

Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist, Chris Almond, said: "Winds associated with Storm Ciarán are likely to gust to 80mph along the south coast of England, with a small risk of somewhere exposed seeing 90mph, and winds could even gust up to 50 or 60 mph further inland.

"This deep low-pressure system will also bring heavy rain to much of the UK, but the heaviest rain is expected in southern and western areas with 20 to 25mm quite widely across the region but up to 40 to 60mm potentially over higher ground.

"Heavy and persistent rain will fall onto already saturated ground bringing a risk of further impacts such as flooding in areas that are already struggling to clean up from the heavy rainfall we have seen over the last week or so."

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