West Vulnerable to Storms Threat ; Westcountry Communities Have Never Been More at Risk From the Perils of Climate Change As Roads and Rail Lines Become Increasingly 'Vulnerable', a Report has Warned.

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Westcountry communities have never been more at risk from the perils of climate change as roads and rail lines become increasingly "vulnerable", a report has warned.

Vicious storms and rising sea levels as a result of environmental changes could have a disproportionate effect on "inadequate" road and rail links in Devon and Cornwall.

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West Vulnerable to Storms Threat ; Westcountry Communities Have Never Been More at Risk From the Perils of Climate Change As Roads and Rail Lines Become Increasingly 'Vulnerable', a Report has Warned.

This includes the M5, the only motorway into the South West, and the notorious coastal mainline through Dawlish, South Devon.

The Institution of Civil Engineers South West (ICE SW) argues the disastrous floods in Bosc...

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