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Video Newlyn Storm 2014 – Surging waves and devastation on Valentines day
[su_video_lightbox image_url=”https://www.visitcornwall.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/video-of-storm-that-hit-newlyn-c-500×281.jpg” alt_image=”Video of Newlyn Storm” video_title=”Video Newlyn Storm 2014″ video_url=”www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmRYAqhf-pk”]Video Newlyn Storm 2014
This clip (Video Newlyn Storm 2014) is well known and was broadcast in national TV during the height of the 2013/14 winter storms. Taken by a local radio presenter (Abe Keast) on St Valentine’s day in 2014 it illustrates the unpredictability of wave surges during storms. Shown here pouring thousands of tons of water over the bridge wall.
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You can view [wp_lightbox_fancybox_anchor_text_youtube_video link=”www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVi4VZ0H2Qc” title=”Video Newlyn Storm 2014″ text=”another video of same bridge”] being hit by the storm taken from a different angle.
Another video of the same Valentine day storm was taken by the same intrepid radio presenter. This time looking back from Newlyn, towards the promenade at Penance. [wp_lightbox_fancybox_anchor_text_youtube_video link=” www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1smv6jb9to” title=”Video Newlyn Storm 2014″ text=”Click here to watch video”]
The Valentine day storm of 2014 was severe. It caused major disruption to both rail and road transport, power supplies, and the flooding of homes and businesses. Many villages around the coast of Cornwall were badly affected both by the flooding and the destruction caused by the effect of waves.
You can read more on [su_popup_link link_text=”Valentines Days Storm” link_title=”Valentines Days Storm” link_alt=”Valentines Days Storm” link_url=”www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/feb/15/uk-storms-and-flooding-live-updates”] and its aftermath here in the Guardian Newspaper.
You can read more on the Penwith Local History Group
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