Massive Storm hits Dawlish England 29/09/2024

[@jameskrell4392]

In September 1974 I was staying at the Tropicana Hotel, right on the front. It was next to the Blenheim where the pub is now. I went up onto the station foot bridge and took photo’s, it looked like this film. We were first alerted to the ferocity as we ate evening meal as ballast was been ripped from the track bed and pebbel dashing the buildings and cars. Don’t ever let anyone tell you these storms are a modern phenomena, there not. I still have one photo. We then drove to Teighnmouth and watched the storm lashing the beach huts and a ship trying to make it into the river. The next day was clear windy but sunny, the storm had damaged the wooden cafe that used to be on the sea wall near wear Dawlish water enters the sea. A guy was combing the beach with a metal detector as the sea had smashed open some slot machines.

[@dereton33]

Thanks for your story, very interesting.

[@tomdavies6443]

How often did this happen? Regards from a Tom :)

[@antonyjh1234]

No one is saying these storms are modern, what they are saying is these storms will come more often.

[@dazt5831]

@@antonyjh1234 but they are not coming more often, i remember these storms being just like this but far far more often than they are now, this would happen so often back in the 60's and 70's that it was considered a normal day through autumn and winter and if we go back way further to the 40's then we can see storms occured 2 or even 3 times more often than they do now, its just the media likes to try to hype up storms now to make them seem worse or more often when they are clearly not

[@SpeccyMan]

photos (a simple plural so it needs no apostrophe) pebble they're not Teignmouth

[@stevewilliams6191]

Great footage Al. The sheer power of the sea always amazes me, especially somewhere like Dawlish.

[@dereton33]

You and me both! Cheers Steve.

[@1258-Eckhart]

As a building engineer, I think we still somehow underestimate the pounding the sea wall and the breakwaters have to take. Each bash is several hundred tonnes per sq. metre, and that for two hours on the trot.

[@davidhartwell4826]

Thanks for braving the elements to shoot that video of the angry sea.

[@dereton33]

It was a challenging wet assignment.

[@donovanphillips4973]

Thank you for the awesome scenes

[@dereton33]

Thanks for watching Donavan.

[@johannawhite9703]

Went down to Shaldon to see the storm as very high tide due about 4pm. The winds were spraying the waves up over Teignmouth Point. Nothing quite like it being there! Great filming from Dawlish, thanks for going out in all that weather but when you've gotta go you've gotta go!

[@dereton33]

Yes just have to get the job done. Soaked but terrific to watch.

[@stuartbroome1258]

The power of the waves is stunning. Should never have got rid of the HST'S, they were up to the job.

[@dereton33]

Sure were.

[@michaelbaldock8694]

I live on Riviera Terrace and, sadly, missed this easterly as I was travelling. My wife took some video which she sent me and I was surprised at how extreme this was - a perfect combination of swell direction and wind speed/direction. My wife tells me that sea water was being forced through our double glazing (both first floor sea facing windows) and she removed four pudding bowls of water in all! Thanks for taking this video to show me what I missed (again) ;-)

[@dereton33]

No problem. If you like if your wife would not mind sending me the video, it would be great to see the effects of the waves from the terrace as I did film the terrace from the footbridge. Just send to my email address at [e-mail]. Many thanks, al.

[@dereton33]

I would love to see that video, if you could contact me . Would compliment mine perfectly. Send attached to [e-mail]

[@Paul-dorsetuk]

great footage thanks!

[@dereton33]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@johnrockley9472]

Not the best place to have an air source heat pump out the front, best stick to a gas boiler in the kitchen! 😄

[@dereton33]

err good idea, ha ha.

[@xr6lad]

Good video. I am amazed at the millions spent (said this before) on thee new station footbridge and lift. And yet never covered the foot bridge or the stairs down but left them exposed to wind and sea. I said this sort of thing would occur and they should have spent a little more and covered them.

[@dereton33]

There was no trains running so didnt need to have done it.

[@nicholasroberts6954]

All conforms to the well proven modern British principle . . . brainless and or corrupt arseholes in charge from the very top to the bottom.

[@2010ditta]

Excellent...thank you.

[@dereton33]

Glad you liked it!

[@ngatiramona]

Be safe, warm and well, Sir.🙏🏽🙏🏽❤❤❤

[@dereton33]

Thank you, I will

[@stevenwillis3044]

Was there on holiday a couple of weeks ago, had a couple of bad days, but thankfully nothing like this. Brilliant video.

[@dereton33]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks Steve.

[@briangriffiths114]

Pretty impressive footage, felt like I was actually there.

[@dereton33]

Thanks Brian.

[@robshorts]

Passed through Dawlish only a few weeks ago on the blue pullman train (50th birthday treat). It almost seemed like the train was running through the sea at times as all you could see from the window was water.

[@SpeccyMan]

Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

[@dereton33]

Nice.

[@thomascoyne157]

We could do with some of this in the English channel .I love watching the sea when it’s showing it’s true beauty 👍👍👍👍🇬🇧

[@dereton33]

Not so common there.

[@josephinebennington7247]

Eh? This is the English Channel. Just a long way west.

[@MG63]

Great footage dereton33. I was waiting for you to abseil down to Coryton Cove. 👍

[@dereton33]

Next time! Ha ha.

[@nigelfarley814]

Yet another case for reopening the line via Okehampton and Tavistock.

[@12crepello]

Agreed, there is no way this stretch of line could be electrified.

[@dereton33]

Not a chance.

[@trs4u]

@@12crepello not all track needs to be? We just need trains that can store a little energy and keep functioning while being blasted with brine. There must be other places in the UK with seaside trains.

[@richardjames3446]

Yes it needs the northern route opened. I was here last Winter and was amazed after the 3 storms what damage had been done. To me and a local this wall will not last. What they have done is excellent ...but that's only a quarter of it.

[@davidgeary9534]

@@richardjames3446I understand the line from Crediton to Okehampton was also blocked yesterday due to a fallen tree!

[@peteredwards338]

Looks like a quiet day on the beaches.

[@dereton33]

Wonder where they all went, ha ha.

[@no-oneinparticular7264]

All yours 😂

[@stevegarnham4632]

@@peteredwards338 And no windsurfers.

[@MyKharli]

So don't buy a second hand car from Dawlish then

[@dereton33]

Rusty is my name ha ha.

[@jezcort7006]

Or train... lol

[@ReliableDriversLimit]

Great footage. Thank you.

[@dereton33]

Pleased you enjoyed it.

[@Mistycat_51]

Well done smashing shots shows off the new train line sea prevention work 👍

[@dereton33]

Thanks Mistycat.

[@mattcrispin6737]

Great footage matey. Was working online all day; was thinking it was a tad windier than the norm. No idea this was going on down the hill!!!

[@dereton33]

Sure was a whopper.

[@gulfstream7235]

Great footage Alan, hope you didn't get too wet.

[@dereton33]

Err just a little.

[@christopheredmunds4630]

Great footage.

[@dereton33]

Many thanks!

[@terrymelbourne5212]

Calm as can be in Derby yesterday cant believe it was like that. Good footage

[@dereton33]

Thanks 👍

[@timbounds7190]

Don't forget I K Brunel assured the directors of the company that a railway along the coast wouldn't cost any more to maintain than any other railway.....

[@dereton33]

Humm black holes that suddenly appear seem similar tall stories.

[@ceeemm1901]

That's because it wouldn't use any fuel when they were rowed and with spinnaker help.

[@nicholasroberts6954]

As contemporary UK residents say . . . .there's a lot of it about.

[@SierraNovemberKilo]

Slick tongues...Good for Charles tons. (Spelling courtesy of Go Ogle)

[@michaeldance6879]

Uhm yeah

[@kennetheveritt7450]

Looks fierce let hope its not going to have anymore during this Autumn ,a beautiful part of the Devon. As a painter these views would be amazing and you have be careful if taking sketches for the work. I usually go for a music weekend in Dawlish Warren.

[@dereton33]

Thanks for the info!

[@holunasoph]

Hi Derek ,Best plumbing vide ever

[@dereton33]

Glad you think so! More water than my heating system, ha ha.

[@ceeemm1901]

Another beautiful day at the English seaside. Best wishes from a unclouded 23C day on Scarborough beach, Western Australia......Ugh, my ice cream's, melting....

[@NicholasRichmond-dn8qh]

You can laugh wait till you 49c 118f in January living in Perth area this summer it could happen 😊

[@dereton33]

Weather the storm I say.

[@Phil-oj5nr]

I was in Perth a few years back in winter and there was a frost. People I spoke to back in NZ wouldn’t believe me, but the following winter they did have a few frosts. I don’t visit in summer it definitely is too hot.

[@ceeemm1901]

@@Phil-oj5nr AHHH the "Great Frost Day of 2018"....I remember that freak anomaly well. Yes people still talk about it with sombre reverence at barbecues.

[@ceeemm1901]

@@NicholasRichmond-dn8qh Nah, don't give me that climate change hoax stuff. It can't happen on a flat earth...do ya research!

[@BevMattocks]

I was planning to cycle to Dawlish, too - glad i didnt!!!

[@dereton33]

Right decision Bev.

[@BevMattocks]

@@dereton33 I cycled there today. Calm as a millpond. Video coming next week when I get home.

[@benjaminleo7011]

That wall is doing its job absolutely beautifully

[@dereton33]

Sure is.

[@sun-p6g]

I live by the sea. That is what it is like in the winter.

[@dereton33]

Sure is

[@neilhilton35]

Problem is it's only just Autumn 😮

[@gailknight3128]

I expect the railway track will need re-doing, yet again. Used to love going down to the seafront when it was stormy, when I lived in Paignton.

[@dereton33]

Yes me too.

[@holmesjunction]

Train not hiding but failed (at least passenger could get off). It was rescued by another one after 22:00.

[@dereton33]

Ok thanks for the info .

[@niknikmoore]

On the plus side think of all that dog shit being washed away and the weeds on the unkempt street dying off due to the salt water!

[@dereton33]

There is always a plus side, ha ha.

[@nicholasroberts6954]

When's the sea coming to London ?

[@formidable38]

@@nicholasroberts6954 🤣🤣🤣

[@colinjolliffe]

All those millions spent on a sea wall and the trains still don't run. Shame they couldn't spare some money to paint the bridge, as it is looking shabby compared to all the work that has been done.

[@dereton33]

Yes it does.

[@antonysmith9173]

To stand on solid ground a safe distance away it still looks frightening, but l sure as hell wouldn't want to be out on a ship in it!😮

[@simplesimon182]

Out at sea you get used to it, this would be classed as mild.

[@dereton33]

Not for me, got no sea legs.

[@simplesimon182]

@dereton33 , it's good fun sorts the men out from the boys, I used to be on tankers back in the day when Britain had a merchant navy in rough weather you never used to see the deck!

[@SimonRML2456]

That IET sitting in the station was one of 3 which failed , that one was the Cardiff to Penzance service , finally shunted away in the early hours of this morning ...

[@dereton33]

Thanks for the info Simon.

[@wynhughes9072]

Was in Teignmouth and Dawlish a couple of weeks ago. Beautiful sunshine and 21deg. How the weather changes. Didn't know they did a Cardiff to Penzance service

[@stephenrowell9373]

That is ferocious , I live a few mile west of here and did not know it was that bad a storm .

[@dereton33]

No warning from the met office

[@dazt5831]

shame that the hst's could handle this weather generally without issue but these newer IET's have a design floor in which spray can easily enter the electronics for the pantograph system via heat venting holes on the top of the train (can't be sealed because they would overheat) so they run them in shear hope down this line in any spray

[@alanjewell9550]

Having the sea crashing over them like this wasn't on the design brief. Overhead electrification would be problematic along this section of the route & would have to be switched off in bad weather. Probably a better idea to do on a reopened Tavistock route.

[@dereton33]

Thanks for the info!

[@trs4u]

Wind-blown brine can be a dicey environment for electrical equipment that doesn't experience it non-stop - I wonder if that's what stopped the train?

[@dereton33]

No idea.

[@chriscrook4481]

I wouldn’t be parking my car anywhere near the station or approach road with all the stones, rocks and gravel etc that’s being dumped by those waves!🫣

[@dereton33]

Had a load chucked over me.

[@songsmith31a]

Hurrah for the hardy soul who ventured out to take this example of an unfriendly easterly hitting the Devon coast.

[@dereton33]

I must have been the only mug out there, not a soul to be seen.

[@wgj4813]

That's what the seawall was built /rebuilt for. Engineers will watch with interest

[@dereton33]

Great stuff.

[@josephinebennington7247]

The enormous Clapotis (rebounding waves) makes it so much more er….scenic.

[@dereton33]

Err sort of.

[@timpanda3780]

Remember the days when Sarah Kennedy did an early morning show on radio 2!!!! She’d talk about the Dawlish sea wall and the effects of storms!

[@dereton33]

I used to love her, what records you hate the most spot. Lovely day, was mine.

[@Lynnefromlyn]

Easy to understand how ancient peoples believed the waves were sentient! It looks like an angry attack! Great filming.

[@dereton33]

Thanks Lynne.

[@nicholasroberts6954]

Now, if there was a road and rail tunnel through Telegraph Hill . . . .Dawlish residents could hide and take shelter in it. But uncle Dave Cameron and co decided the money would be much better spent on re-creating Rommel's "Atlantic Wall" in Teignmouth.

[@dereton33]

Ha ha.good one.

[@stevegarnham4632]

Ah summer in dawlish what are the winters like 😄.

[@dereton33]

Perfect

[@ceeemm1901]

Nobody's ever there to find out, haha.

[@stevecollier4741]

Cor blimey there I was just sat on the beach when all of a sudden me toes got a bit wet

[@dereton33]

Cant resist a paddle.

[@Ncfc-ek8il]

Always respect the sea. I have always thought of it as a living being, like an animal.

[@dereton33]

He was upset this day, ha ha.

[@jeanmay-millman4124]

I hope the all what they repaired stands up to it 🤞

[@dereton33]

Fingers crossed.

[@paulbowler2760]

I grew up on the east coast - makes a North Sea storm look benign!

[@dereton33]

Sure does.

[@robtyman4281]

Great capture! 👍 But in all honesty it's insane that this is the main line from Paddington. I mean wtf??! 🤷

[@dereton33]

Very scenic though. ha ha.

[@richardhenson3950]

@@dereton33 People were complaining on twitter about the line being closed by a bit of bad weather. Sometimes, you feel like despairing...

[@stormclearer]

this is the same storm which caused tens of millions of damages in my county, should have been named

[@dereton33]

Yes.

[@matthewpayne42]

Turned out nice again. 😂

[@dereton33]

Ha ha.

[@gabrielletanner5339]

Wasn't the railway destroyed a couple of years ago ? Or was that elsewhere !

[@joginns778]

Yes it was but it was more than. Two years ago, the new sea wall seems to have a bit of effect just a matter of time and dawlish will give way to the sea,

[@dereton33]

IT was 2014.

[@LindsayMorgan-i4d]

Wasn't this the railway line that got destroyed by previous storms?

[@dereton33]

Yes.

[@lesliegale-v6d]

could you please tell us what plane and where from as a lot of us don't know these facts

[@dereton33]

Dawlish in Devon.

[@daystatesniper01]

Perfect surf for bass fishing

[@dereton33]

Definitely

[@neilhilton35]

Welcome to the English Riviera. 🌴

[@dereton33]

A great spot for some sunny weather. ha ha.

[@theCybershot123]

That was a full on test for the new wall . Follow up video on how wall survived

[@dereton33]

A good idea, thanks cybershot.

[@mutley23able]

That was some storm, that they didn't even name 🤨😮

[@dereton33]

Nothing was said about it forecaster's said it will just be windy, ha ha.

[@JohnGaleLondon55]

The new sea wall appears to be doing a good job.

[@dereton33]

Yes sure does.

[@kevin54uk2011]

Very impressive sea more global boiling or is it just wether ? Good video tho 👍

[@dereton33]

Thanks Kevin.

[@luluthestargazer]

You must have got soaked filming this Derek!!! Thank you!!! x

[@dereton33]

I did! Ha ha.

[@711honved]

@@dereton33 Don't tell him your name's not Derek Ton 😜

[@luluthestargazer]

@@711honved oops is it not? well I love him so a rose is a rose etc etc!!!

[@luluthestargazer]

ps Im also dippy as the day is long haha!!

[@711honved]

@@luluthestargazer Derek Ton is his showbiz name. However, we all know him as Al, the friendly plumber 🔧

[@lionelmarytravels6003]

I wonder how long that train was held there?

[@dereton33]

It was still there when I left 2 hours later.

[@MalcTyler]

Was there last week it was wet but not that wet😢

[@dereton33]

It certainly got wetter, ha ha.

[@terryatkinson899]

Think we got off lightly judging by what you got 😮 Good thing about not working is you've no reason to be out in it if you don't want to.

[@dereton33]

Always up for a challenge. Did get a bit wet though.

[@egeegee7146]

That storm system was a biggy. This coast gets lashed.

[@dereton33]

Always does.

[@JamesWheeler-c3o]

I believe the train at dawlish in the video had actually broken down because it had been impacted by several large waves it had to be rescued later on in the day

[@dereton33]

Thanks James.

[@michaelbarlow3686]

Don't think PTFE will fix this leak

[@dereton33]

No so wheres the hemp and boss white.

[@nicholasroberts6954]

"What did you expect to see out of a (Proximal) Torquay bedroom window (In globally warmed autumn)"

[@dereton33]

It`s not Torquay

[@richardhenson3950]

@@dereton33 He did say proximal. It was a Fawlty Towers joke, I think. I was in Torquay and the waves hitting the from Torre Abbey sea wall were the largest I've seen. Still puddles on the grass a week later. I agree that the met office were poor - especially as they are based at nearby Exeter.

[@davidpendry7731]

Wow. That’s some storm😮

[@dereton33]

Sure was Dave.

[@CatCat-v5g]

Doesn't the seawater cause erosion on the tracks?

[@dereton33]

I guess it must do.

[@ceeemm1901]

It's high grade steel but it would eventually. I'd be more concerned about corrosion with the trains

[@garyhardwick8489]

Can I just say you're completely mad for going out in such conditions! Interesting footage though.

[@dereton33]

I just love a challenge.

[@1258-Eckhart]

Brilliant video! 👍👍👍 PS: Get that bloody railway via Tavistock built. Otherwise the country will lose Kernow to the Celtic Fringe (Britanny - Wales).

[@dereton33]

That's the plan!

[@andrewchaston503]

Who'd blame them England is finished

[@mikelucas3746]

Not likely to be electrified is it?

[@dereton33]

Ha ha why not?

[@suevosloo2008]

wish i lived there

[@dereton33]

You would love it sue.

[@johntyjp]

That's really testing the new seawall , the rails would've gone again otherwise !🧐

[@dereton33]

Sure would have.

[@ReliableDriversLimit]

I remember the last time the whole railway track went.

[@dereton33]

It sure did back in 2014

[@i.m.dunwerkin8297]

What kind of havoc does this play on the rail system infrastructure?

[@dereton33]

Cant do it any good.

[@jeanwilson5029]

That New sea wall will never hold up

[@dereton33]

It has a lot to do.

[@goss1961]

This is in Britain? Don't assume people outside the UK would know where 'Dawlish' is...

[@dereton33]

Right I will add that on the title.

[@robertcartwright2450]

I wonder if there is anybody left who worked on steam loco’s along there in such conditions ?

[@dereton33]

Must be somewhere, bet they have some tales to tell.

[@wideyxyz2271]

Why is the meteorological office not designating all this bad weather a true storm? Not named and flagged as BAD WEATHER? something fishy about it all.

[@dereton33]

Makes you think.

[@ceeemm1901]

There's a lot of things fishy about the sea.....

[@Matty18795]

It was a minor storm that only affected a small part of the country.

[@SierraNovemberKilo]

Meanwhile, Hurricane Helene affecting several US states downgraded to storm. Absolute devastation there. This appears to be a bit of sea lapping up to the new sea wall. I understand we get weather data from US sources now and The Met Office is a joke organisation.

[@richardhenson3950]

@@Matty18795 YES... seems the west country doesn't count. I remember an absolute massive dump of snow in February 1978 that should have closed the M5. Took a week to clear it all. Not properly forecast at all. I'm sure there were fatalities. The weather is complex, but computer algorithms should have improved predictions by now.

[@colinlambert882]

Why £90m hasn't secured rail links to the SW.

[@dereton33]

Weather beats em every time.

[@tedsmith6137]

I wonder what is a Dawlish Storm. Worse than a Thunderstorm? Who knows? Maybe it is a place? Who would know unless you lived there.

[@dereton33]

It is something akin to dereton33 ha ha.

[@russellgreen3375]

Dawlish is the place

[@BegudMaximan-zp2tc]

Ferocious, salty corrosive, and in vast quantities destructive to anything flimsy and vulnerable.

[@dereton33]

Like that train electrics, ha ha.

[@BegudMaximan-zp2tc]

@@dereton33 yeap!

[@douggoins2960]

Its like the crazy strong hurricanes weve got going on in the US right now

[@dereton33]

I am sure yours are worse though.

[@douggoins2960]

@@dereton33 there's been a lot of damage and there's another one making landfall tonight. Not even 2 weeks after another strong one came through

[@ShadowzGSD]

5:50 i was not really looking but only saw 1 seagull, at 5:50 i swear it was wearing a t shirt laughing at everyone with their coats on.

[@dereton33]

More than likely.

[@melian2003]

Dramatic stuff!

[@dereton33]

Thanks mel

[@SkullBanker-68]

Ah a bit wet and windy then.

[@dereton33]

A bit ha ha.

[@andrewmiell6828]

4:08 I was sitting there eating fish and chips the previous Monday!

[@dereton33]

Not many now though ha ha.

[@gordontweston]

I just see dissolving cars… the US could take a leaf out of Dawlishs’ book on coastal defences tho!

[@dereton33]

Trump ought to come over and take a look.

[@no-oneinparticular7264]

Are you in the lifeboat ?, hope not 😂.

[@dereton33]

Think I will give it a miss ha ha.

[@SpArTzyPeaCeioR]

The dervish of cornwall really spat the dummy on this one

[@dereton33]

Sure did.

[@SpArTzyPeaCeioR]

@@dereton33 Well tell the corgi’s to chase it down…he’s a county too high

[@danh9503]

Pretty silly idea to build the railway next to the sea anyway in my opinion....What did they expect to happen during storm season lol

[@dereton33]

A lot of water ha ha.

[@davidculmer1520]

So the new sea wall is doing what it was put there for!

[@dereton33]

Sure is.