BBCNEWS BBC News February 18, 2022 13:45:00
Was about two hours ago. i was here then and the wind was much calmer. people here were fearing that if there had been a combination of those 60—70mph winds and a high tide, a spring tide, overfive metres high, if those two things had happened at the same time there was concern on the seafront for properties here. there are sandbags out near front doors, trying to hopefully keep the worse of any water that would have got over to that side out of cellars. that didn't happen, thankfully. the wind has picked up maybe in the last half an hour or so, but it is still very strong. we are sheltering...