The flooding coincided with a high tide, making the impact much worse. Physical causes of the Boscastle flood Human causes of the Boscastle flood Rain for 12 out of 14 days in August. Many trees ...

Flash flooding was also responsible for devastating floods that hit Boscastle, Cornwall, in August 2004. Torrential rain falling onto steep valley sides sent an ever-worsening surge of water down ...

Boscastle. "Polmorla stream has come out of bank and there are reports of flooding at Polmorla to the road and around the properties. Properties in the Polmorla area should deploy their Property ...

In 1952 a flash flood in Lynmouth, Devon, caused the death of 34 people as debris smashed into buildings. Exactly 52 years later, an eerily similar event struck ...