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Friday, 5th December, 2008

Published: Wednesday, 3rd January, 2007 13:57

Storms rage along North Ayrshire coast

By Ardrossan Herald Newsroom

Print Article

THE North Ayrshire Coast took a pounding over the New Year break as the weather did its worst, with 25-foot waves breaching local roads and 100mph winds causing severe damage to several properties.

West Kilbride was cut off for a few hours on a Hogmanay – dubbed `Hell's Bells` by TV news – as an excessively high tide made the A78 impassable.

And up the road in Skelmorlie there was chaos as a 30-square-foot section of roofs was blown off a block of flats on to the road.

Read more: Herald Wednesday January 3 2007

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