Huge waves struck Burnham-On-Sea for a third day running on Wednesday morning (March 12th) as storm-force winds created heavy seas.
Waves crashed over the sea wall onto The Esplanade in front of Quantock Court (pictured above), leaving pools of sea water along the seafront.
The scenes were repeated along the seafront – and the Environment Agency once again closed the town’s flood gates at the Sailing Club, jetty and Maddock’s Slade as a precaution against flooding.
The 10.1metre tide reached its height at 9.47am. This week’s powerful storms left a yacht stranded after it broke free of its moorings at the town’s Sailing Club, and a huge buoy was washed up besides Burnham beach – see links below for details.
The Environment Agency lifted the flood warning covering the Bristol Channel at 12:12pm on Wednesday afternoon (March 12th). It had been in place since March 9th.
Huge waves pummelled Burnham seafront on Wednesday morning
Burnham Sailing Club members removed debris from the town’s sailing pontoons and checked for any damage
Several fences were blown down by the gales along the town’s seafront overnight and into Wednesday morning
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Stranded yacht towed to safety in Burnham
Huge buoy washed up on Burnham beach as storms hit
