On 21 Jun, 20:29, " cupra" wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/6228422.stm

Boscastle on alert over flooding

In 2004 flood water poured through the historic village

Floods have hit the Cornish village of Boscastle leaving shops and
properties under about 2ft (610mm) of water.

Cars have also been abandoned in the village which was devastated by
flooding in 2004.

Cornwall Fire Brigade, which has crews pumping out water and helping
residents, said the worst affected area was by the harbour.

Sadly, it's a rather regular event in Boscastle. Flood levels reached
as high as 2004 twice in the 1950s. (I've seen photos showing the
water levels) The 2004 flood was exacerbated by the NT building a
large car park on the flood plain, much of the structural damage was
done by cars being washed through the village. This should be removed,
together with the NT 'Visitor Centre' which gets right in the way of
the water flow.

The whole of north Cornwall is prone to intense downpours, places like
Camelford & Wadebridge have been flooded on a number of occasions, but
it's the geomorphology of Boscastle that makes things particularly
bad. Intense downpours align themselves with the north Cornish coast,
normally associated with the onset of a sea breeze, but I can't see
that would have occured today.

I've got an account of one of these north coast events, which I
witnessed in June 2005 (with photos) at www.easterling.freeserve.co.uk/SrMerrynStorm.PDF

Graham
Penzance