Stone and concrete thrown up by wild sea

Stone and concrete thrown up by wild sea

Saturday, January 04, 2014

Families in Co Clare were evacuated from their seaside homes as windows and patio doors were blown in by 30m high waves which threw quarter-ton wall cappings 50m across a car park.

Damage to the promenade in Lahinch, Co. Clare

By Pat Flynn

Dozens of mobile homes and caravans were left under several feet of water after the Atlantic surged several hundred metres inland.

A fishing boat was swept up onto the pier at Seafield near Quilty while the only access to the quay was flooded by seawater for the first time in living memory.

Members of the Kilkee unit of the Irish Coast Guard evacuated several homes with personnel carrying elderly people through waist-deep water to safety.

Further storm force winds and several tidal surges were expected overnight.

The occupants of as many as 20 homes in the Seafield area have been advised to leave their homes until later today.

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Stone and concrete thrown up by wild sea