UK Storm 2014 - Storm floods Portholland

Portholland took a battering on February 14th from the sea. Having visited there a few days earlier, I noticed that the windows were all boarded up and that there were sandbags everywhere. This is probably why- though towards the end of the video you'll see that even the sandbags got washed away. According to this news story, the wave managed to break through the front door of one of the buildings: http://www.westbriton.co.uk/East-Port... Apparently the vehicles were dented under the weight of the water, one of the houses got flooded when the storm door burst open from the waves (It took the people inside right off of their feet, but they were okay), and sandbags and concrete blocks were found in all sorts of places. Extensive damage was done to the carpark where we stood, which continued to get more and more battered after we left. For an extended clip of us down by the flooded carpark, watch the below video.    • In the Storm - Portholland February 2014   You'd expect bigger waves to be more impressive, but as you can see from this video, once they reach a certain size they simply become a swell with lots of spray. The high winds made it difficult to film and continually coated everything in salt-water, which is why this footage looks so murky and damp and why I occasionally turned around to face away from the sea. High tide was just after 5 so the last few clips look quite dark- but it was worth getting since that was when the tide was at its highest, completely claiming the road!