Lynton And Lynmouth Floods 1952

Lynmouth flood on 15 and 16 august 1952 a storm of tropical intensity broke over south west england depositing 229 millimetres 9 0 in of rain within 24 hours on an already waterlogged exmoor.

Lynton and lynmouth floods 1952. On the day itself just over 9 inches 230mm of rain fell 6 inches 150mm of which fell in a few short hours in the afternoon early evening. The worst post war flooding disaster in britain took place in the north devon village of lynmouth in 1952 in a tragedy which claimed 34 lives. It is thought that a cold front scooped up a thunderstorm and the orographic effect worsened the storm. The event has become known as the lynmouth flood disaster and since 1952 we ve come a long way when it comes to dealing with sudden violent inundations although the people of boscastle and.

The ministry of defence has categorically denied knowledge of any cloud seeding experiments taking place in the uk during early august 1952. The lynmouth flood occurred on the night of the 15 16 august 1952 principally affecting the village of lynmouth in north devon. The flooding occurred on 15 august 1952 after nine inches of rain fell in the space of 24 hours. On friday 15 august 1952 the tiny village of lynmouth suffered what could be described as the worst river flood in english history.

The lynton and barnstaple railway circa 1935 duration. Thirty five people died as a torrent of 90m tons of water and thousands of tons of rock poured off saturated exmoor and into the village destroying homes bridges shops and hotels. The downpour caused a wall of water to surge down from exmoor onto lynmouth. Ken oxenham a lynmouth resident reported by bbc news august 16 th 1952.

The disaster which occurred in and around the town of lynmouth on the night of august 15 th 16 th 1952 remains after 60 years the worst river flood experienced in the uk. But the new documents suggest that operation cumulus.