Sea walls are breached in Ilfracombe, north Devon, as south-west England, Wales and Scotland experience more floods, high tides and strong winds <br /><br />Heavy rain, strong winds and high tides are causing widespread flooding across North Devon this morning.<br /><br />Exceptional weather conditions combined with high tides led to 16 of the most serious severe flood warnings, where there is a "danger to life", being issued across across North Devon, the South West, Gloucestershire and Wales at 10am while Scotland and Northern Ireland are also on flood alert.<br /><br />The storms have heaped more midwinter misery on travellers with road journeys and rail services disrupted. <br /><br />Many major roads were flooded, while trains to and from Gatwick Airport in West Sussex were among those affected by storm-related problems. <br /><br />Forecasters have warned there would be no respite from the bad weather and floods this weekend as high tides, strong winds and heavy rain continue. <br /><br /><br />Get the latest headlines http://www.telegraph.co.uk/<br /><br />Subscribe to The Telegraph http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=telegraphtv<br /><br />Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/telegraph.co.uk<br />Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/telegraph<br />Follow us on Google+ https://plus.google.com/102891355072777008500/<br /><br />Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Daily Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.
