Storm Ciaran brought heavy rain, strong winds and devastation to the coastline of Bournemouth on November first.
Two yellow weather warnings had been issued from the Met Office around the BCP area, one for wind and one for heavy rain.
Flooding caused a massive disruption around Bournemouth with schools being forced to shut down, places evacuated and roads unusable.
The stormy weather led residents of the holiday park Freshwater Beach to evacuate their caravans and abandon their holidays.
Mudeford Quay had also been badly affected by Storm Ciaran, with water rising up to the car park and the beach huts.
Stephen Bath, an airline owner and weather expert said: “This type of storm is extremely rare. There was exceptionally low pressure at the centre of the depression. This causes very strong winds which lift up the ocean and tides causing flooding along the coast.”
Haven Inn worker Chris Copland said: “The storm has brought boats up from the sea into the carpark by our pub and lots of debris was being chucked about.”
In the last three years, Mudeford Quay has had nine flood warnings.
The current flood measures at the quay include rock groynes and a small seawall on the narrowest part of the sandbank, which is in danger of breaking in the near future according to the BCP Council flood and coastal erosion risk management strategy.
Michael Ramlakan, a local resident said: “I live just a few yards away from the seawall. It was a scary moment seeing the lifeboat out in the storm, it’s pretty scary times.”
Avid local bird watchers from Christchurch Harbour Ornithological Group were happy that Storm Ciaran hit the coastline.
David Taylor said: “Storms like this often bring rare birds that usually are miles out to sea, the storm displaces them, and they end up on our coast to our delight.”
The Met Office have released that the next storm to strike the UK is storm Debi. It is due to hit on the 12th of November.
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