Storm Ciaran hits Dawlish, Devon. Huge waves slam sea defences.
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- čas přidán 1. 11. 2023
- Huge waves. With people risking there lives to get better pictures. Possibly the best 4k quality video on u-tube. Shot by a very wet Alan Wall.
See how this storm compares with the storm that bought down the railway line in 2014. • Dramatic scenes as hug...
I’m willing to bet that Dawlish has the most hygienic railway arches in the UK.
A touch crunchy underfoot, perhaps, but definitely clean and well rinsed out. 😂
Great footage of the seawall doing what it was designed to do, it’s a seriously impressive demonstration of civil engineering vs. nature’s raw power.
Totally agree
Sand, rock and water-blasting gets rid of the dog-sh|t, bubble-gum and other assorted icky-goo, ready for the next season.
Flipping Heck !! A good test for the new sea walls. Grew up in Dawlish , grandfather was a driver for GWR in the steam days said they would get soaking wet on the foot plate and be dry buy the time they got to Teignmouth !!!! Thanks to whoever took the pictures.
Thanks John.
Those sea wall designs are doing their job.
It's amazing watching the lip at the top fire the water back towards the sea.
Great engineering
Great vid... Thnx 4 sharing
@@dereton33This sea wall at Dawlish was badly damaged in a storm several years ago, that left a stretch of the railway line dangling in mid air. The people who repaired it then have clearly done a good job.
It’s what we can’t see at the foot of the wall that’s doing engineering magic. That’s the greatest point of weakness.
Very interesting to see how little sea water makes it onto the railway. The engineers got the design spot on. Still surprised the trains were running, though.
Thanks for posting.
Yes some great engineering.
Actually quite therapeutic to watch - many thanks for posting 🙂
Glad you enjoyed it!
Therapeutic ??
A rather uneasy watch seeing run of the mill trains passing by so close.
You must have missed the turbulence of those waves.. not quite the word Id use to match the scene lol.
I had to double take if I had left my settings on 2x speed.. but nope, this here sure is wild weather sighting!
@@trulyso734 Yes, as far as I can see there is no material or human damage in this view - and quite amazing that the trains run by. Weather is a beautiful thing.
It is not footage of damages in France or South Coast UK or the 37 sunken boats in Kiel / Lubeck from past months Babet storm.
The recurves are doing an excellent job in what is, a major storm! Brilliant engineering.
Sure is.
Amazing video been to Dawlish when Wall was being repaired lovely people lovely place nice to see defences working well❤❤
Yes a great job.
That wall might be expensive but I think it just paid for itself!
Also nearly 10 years to build.
Thank you for bringing the storm to life. I am about 40 miles north of Brighton and we escaped the worst of it stay safe and thanks.
Will do. All the best.
Love how the wall uses the energy of the waves to propel them back to seaward.
Great to see it in action.
Hang in there Dawlish, you guys have seen worse, those walls are doing very well. Fingers crossed for no flooding but have to say its a beautiful thing. Great footage Alan thank you.
Fingers crossed! We are al ok.
you still get the flooding or did you not read the news a few weeks back where dawlish was flooded quite badly
Ive lived here for decades. Weve seen worse. Its just a storm. Lots of stones have been thrown under the viaduct again. Wouldnt want one to hit me but its only the fools who dont know any better that would stand on the wall. on a positive note. The sea washes those dirty old trains odd a treat.
Yes a free wash for them.
Loved the black swans in Dawlish. Happy memories for me and my 3 girls now in their 50's
They are still here.
Many times before the new sea walls were built have I been on a train being battered by waves through Dawlish. New defences are doing a great job!
Yes they are great.
Once again Devon thanks Brunel for putting the line where passengers can look at the pretty view
No problem 👍 What a great engineer.
Wow! What fantastic waves to watch. Great to see the new sea wall doing it's job brilliantly and seeing the trains were still runing during the storm xxx
Yes fantastic.
Used to holiday here every year, will always hold a special place in my heart. Hope to visit again soon, hopefully not in weather like this
Happy holidays!
Same here, used to drive down from East Yorkshire nearly every year, never saw waves like this…
Don't you just love Dawlish on a windy day ❤
Lovely.
Credit to the engineers and workers who put this together.
Superb job.
Absolutely beautiful. Sitting here. In my nice dry front room.
Enjoy!
British workmen at their very best......the sea shall not prevail!
Well for now.
Really good footage, thank you. 😮
Thanks for watching
Clearly the new sea defences are working well but will need constant attention annually to repair any ingress by the sea
Sure right there mike.
Thank you for the post.
You're welcome
Nice to see the new sea wall doing it's job and deflecting the sea back out despite a comment on CZcams by someone questioning the design, there's always one who thinks their an expert I suppose
😂😂
Always is.
They're
Simon Taylor thinks he's a expert too.
It's good those walls were replaced
Sure was.
I was just going to ask whether GWR had suspended the rail services then at 0:57 I see a train coming into the station MADNESS!
Brilliant video though and good to see that the new sea defenses are standing up to the battering.
Yes great isnt it.
TBH It doesn't look as bad as I was expecting though not a good day for the beach.
Maybe not ha ha.
I was walking along that wall on Sunday after a trip to Teignmouth and it was pretty rough then but this is much worse.
Just a bit ha ha.
Huge waves?? That’s my usual walk along the south coast during high tide
Ha ha.
Fantastic engineering.
The sea wall is certainly doing it’s job
Sure is.
Thanks sea wall doing its job, did notice that at the beginning of the Video 2:00 some of the corking (if that's what it's called) has been taken out from between the blocks. Bottom left corner.
Yes I didn`t notice that.
its called caulking it made of rubber ,obvious its not standing up to power of the waves ,needs to be sorted out otherwise water getting between the joints will eventually cause failure of the defences
Thank god they rebuilt it all.
Right on.
A very angry sea today!😅
Sure is.
Was there in August lovely weather. A few waves in high tide, lovely weather. 😊
Not August. June and Septemer.
This storm is now raging in the coastal part of the Netherlands. I'm residing in the province of Friesland and narrowly escaping the brunt of the storm but there is still a hard wind. In France more than a million people are affected by major power cuts.....
Some storm.
Risk to life - risk of wet socks
He got those in the end.
Was on the train many years ago omg the spray from the sea 🌊 was scary
I guess it was today too.
I could smell that through my monitor.
Lovely.
Extraordinary! I spent a summer in Dawlish as a schoolboy aged 15 in 1960 to learn English. My English was quite bad when I arrived but returning back with the Passenger steamer Brittanica to Gothenburg I was not able to speak Swedish. I had a blackout but a couple of days later my Swedish was back again. I remember the Tides column in the Newspaper that I had to study before going to the beach!
As a Swede, it was strange with the tides coming in on the beach. I was lucky not to experience waves like this while going for a swim!
Thanks for the story.
The train drivers must be so thankful for the new design of the sea wall.
I am sure they are.
I’m surprised the line is still there, and the trains running!
The new sea wall is working great, normally there would have been no trains.
@@dereton33you just know every kid on that train has their noses pressed up against the window - well I'm 57 and I would! 😊
I like it when you say someone risking he’s life for a closer look says the plonker doing the video and there’s an amber warning to stay at home
Thanks for your very kind comments.
@@dereton33 your welcome just saying about risking life fancy going out in that weather
There is always one. we had a storm a while ago, people was watching the massive waves suddenly a car drove down the slipway and whoomph wave right over , oh my car wont start.
The invincibles ha ha.
Pleased to see the repair work done to Dawlish by Network rail was successful in preventing further damage.
network rail never did the work. Bam construction did
Well I guess it was on there behalf.
Only early days, love sea when rough like this!! Grate😊😊🎉
Does look majestic.
Awesome!
Thank you! Cheers!
I think I can see why nobody seems to be chancing a walk by the water's edge in a mini skirt. One of those waves bursting underneath would really make your eyes pop out!
Making a splash eh.
@@dereton33 ... in the local papers at least!
Those sea walls are incredible. My son went to University at Leiden University at their program in The Hague. Wow, did they get some storms. Classes were cancelled one day, and there was an advisement to not go outside (100 mph winds will do that!). He sent us a compilation of damage in The Hague from previous storms like that, roofs blown off houses, stuff like that. Three of the videos were from the street he we living on! Darn.
The power of nature.
Certainly getting a good test of the work done this year. Love the power of the sea on days like this.
Great isn't it.
wow,the size of some of the waves.Also how brown some of them were,with wipping up the sand.Think how much worse it could have been if the new wall was not there.
Yes much worse.
Looks like the sea defences were finished just in time - what a strong storm to test everything that has been built 🌬🌀☔
It is certainly working well.
ever since being a kid, i've been intrigued about Dawlish since going to Cornwall by train. Serious defending of the land going on there, its so picturesque and impressive with the rail line being almost in the sea! Amazing place and civil engineering
Yes it is a lovely place.
I find it incredible that air in motion, which is all that wind is, has so much power that it can move water like this, which is really heavy.
1m3 of air weighs approximately 1.3kg. When thats moving at 100mph it gives a noticeable smack to the face!
He never once said Zionist lobbyists but he never does mention the facts , because the truth is anti Semitic .
It did mine. Ha ha
It can uproot huge oak trees too!
What about humidity?@@AlexLR
The new seawall seems to be doing a good job!
Sure is.
YOU SEE!!!!! GREAT LOVE ..NATURE MAD GONE MY ABSENCE.....
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@@dereton33 I UNDERSTAND CERTAINLY. İMPOSSİBLE YOU DONT UNDERSTAND.!! WHO I AM???, PLEASE EXAMİNATİON BİG GENİUS
Hope you stayed relatively dry Al 😬👍☺️
Not much but worth it for the views.
@@dereton33 Haha, good man 😃
Seems that train driver didn’t get the memo …. 😮
But it`s not a strike day.
Like a beautiful dance.
Nature is so graceful.
Very surprised that trains still run on this section of track in the UK. That's what I call service to the traveller. Have forwarded the Link to the Dutch NS , what a shame to take trains out of service in the Netherlands.
Only thing that stops our trains are strikes, ha ha.
That looks a bit different from when we visited in June and sat outside the cafes near the front.
Yes they finished the station
Used to walk between Dawlish Warren and Dawlish as a kid there was part of the wall that had no railings used to be terrified walking it, is it still the same ?
No all redone now.
From Coastguards to the Warren there is still no railings or wall to stop anyone falling off. That bit if the wall, apart from where it was completely washed away in 2014 has not been touched, although after last week, it might now be on the list for further replacement. The new bits seem to have stood the test of the storms so far well, doing exactly what it was designed to do.
There will be some crazy beach combing!
There be gold, ha ha.
Exciting to watch ,from a very wet ,but quiet Suffolk
Living on the coast has it`s moments.
@@dereton33 It looks as thought the seafront works are successful
Brilliant! Any chance I could freeze & add some of the Railway & train shots too my Railway & storm
Album on Facebook if I credit you? Please.
No problem, all yours.
@@dereton33 aww thanku. We often visit dawlish. Love watching Trains. Love the Torbey Express too when it visits. We often chase it from Weston- to kingswere.
Think the sea wall has probably saved Dawlsh.🎉😊
Sure has.
Magnifique vidéo et bonne journée de la part d'une bretonne de Quimper de la Cornouaille bretonne
Thank you.
That'll blow the seagulls off your roof
Bring it on.
wow please stay safe
Will do Mango.
I live in Exeter the storm didn’t seem too bad here although bad enough .the waves are really frightening .
Yes always a bit scary.
The new seawall are doing a great job I see
Just great.
Good to see something in this country works ref: the sea walls.
Good as gold.
That looks familiar. Have you posted this clip before some time ago?
About 9 years ago yes Cliff. Ha ha.
I K B made that railway They said running along the coast was so much cheaper than going inland 😳😳😳😳
Humm .
WOW !!!!
Thanks Judi.
Walls seem to be doing their job . Well done the designers
Yes a great job.
OMG!
Teignmouth is just next to it, hope everything all right there.
It`s ok, all settled down now.
Why is is the waves pink/red?
The brook is running into the sea.
Because the rock and sand here is red, new red sandstone.
I know this part of Devon - fairly well! I have seen little of this. Before but I remain pragmatically concerned.
Well there it is.
Jack from Bam should watch your video, as some of the seals between the top concrete block on the sea wall are already coming loose and swinging in the waves.
He is welcome to take a look.
Well done bam the man
Thanks Brian.
Good gravy..."With people risking there lives to get better pictures"???? A little proofreading and spellcheck, please. That said, may all those in the path of this storm stay safe, and bless the rescue workers for risking THEIR lives to help...
A bit picky there I think.
How long will the new concrete sea wall last though. The original stone wall lasted over 100 years.
That remains to be seen. Guess I wont be around to let you know.
I do believe this was prophesied in the good book. Now it’s here.
Better get building that ark.
I remember the rail track being washed away a few years back so defences doing their job.
Certainly is. I was the one who shot that video back in 2014
The Wall is doing the Job!!
Sure is.
There couldn't have been a better time than now for the sea defence to have been completed...!
This is about a month since the last storm hit, got to be planned the ever increasing storms.. no one so far has claimed the very act of God as was the norm.
Take care, stay safe, cheers Dewi
All the best dew.
I think when you show the sea is to mind the fish. I hope there was no damage with this storm to anyone. No human lives in water . The fish lives in the water so i can not see the waves doing any harm to the fish they living under the water. but thanks for showing us the waves.
Right on.
My Nana’s ashes were sprinkled on the beach here. I bet she would have loved to see this.
I am sure she was looking down.
They are small waves being deflected up and backwards.The shape of the walls are designed to do that.The wind direction is West North Westerly so offshore winds unlike the North coast which are onshore and huge.You will be quoting “climate change next”.
Yes north coast worse I think.
In reality quite frightening and there is going to be a lot of clearing up to do 😮
Tell me about it. Quite a mess.
You can see the sand in the waves I just hope everything is not under mined 😮
Too early to tell yet.
Brilliant defences now. Shame they didnt spend another few quid and paint the railway arches.
They do look a bit yuk.
That was a damp squib of a storm
Was damp.
Stay safe
Thanks lauren.
On confirme à Quimper on a pas beaucoup dormi par Toutatix
Thanks
Vous êtes d'où
Some folk never learn why risk your life 😢
I know. Guess I was as bad seeing as I was there.
Good fun just NEVER turn your back on the sea!
Too true.
Unbelievable!
A sight to see that`s for sure.
More comments and views than you've had in ages 😊
Sure is Terry. Guess it`s not so boaring as that old plumbing stuff. Ha ha.