The heat that gripped England caused some unexpected chaos. In Devon, a series of dramatic waterfalls reported in coastal areas, leaving a very large dust cloud, according to telegraph. It quoted a local publication to say that two large collapsing and a number of smaller stones were reported at East Beach in Sidmouth, with a cliff piece “every half hour”.
This new temperature rise has caused cracks in the fragile cliffs of Jurassic Beach and weaken the fragile surface and caused landslides. The police at Devon shared a tweet about cliff waterfalls and warned people to avoid walking on the beach because of unstable cliffs. “Big cliffs fell this morning. Remarks for beach users not to walk on the beach to the east of Sidmouth because of unstable cliffs that can fall at any time,” he said on Twitter.
A warning post was also shared by Sidmouth independent lifeboats along with a photo of an incident that warned people to stay outside the coastal area. The Dorset Council, a local body in the UK, said that heat causes stones to expand, and on very hot days, existing fractures can increase new cracks that appear.
While most people are worried about their safety, a resident of Sidmouth Vikki Cunliffe told the BBC, “That must have fallen the biggest cliff I have ever seen there.” “Thank God it was not last week during the Sidmouth People’s Festival, when there were many people walking down there,” he added.