Aberystwyth Beach 'Destroyed' As Tides Hit UK

Coastal homes in Aberystwyth are evacuated as 6ft waves cause widespread damage while further UK weather warnings are issued.

 
Flood warnings remain in place as parts of the UK were hit by high tides, causing widespread flooding and evacuations in coastal areas.

The main beach in Aberystwyth was "destroyed" as 6ft waves broke up paving slabs and slammed into buildings.
Millie Farmer, 19, a second-year undergraduate at Aberystwyth University, said residents were evacuated from seafront properties.
She said: "I've never seen anything like it before. There were six foot waves crashing on to the beach.

"It was scary - and quite exciting. It must be awful for people whose businesses and homes have been damaged.
"The promenade has been closed. North Beach has been completely destroyed. The slabs on the promenade have been uprooted."
Images taken on the seafront in the town showed paving slabs and tiles littering the road surface.
The town's university told its students it was deferring the start of examinations for a week because of the extreme conditions.
Hundreds of homes have already been flooded across the UK after rivers from Cornwall to Scotland burst their banks.
Four severe flood warnings - which indicate a risk to life - are in place in the Midlands and the Southwest as heavy rain and strong winds created exceptionally high tides along the west of the UK.