storms wash out English southwest coast main line

The scene at Dawlish a few days ago - article

Some of the pictures of storm damage in Britain screened on the TV news over this past week were impressively alarming.  Unfortunately extreme weather has become a worldwide trend over the last few years--including in NZ where there were significant storms last year in Wellington and Canterbury.  Expect plenty more.

nearly 150 years old but modern climate change is formidable