Dorset cliff collapses launching 400-tonnes of rockfall into ocean

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2 ай бұрын

An unstable #dorset cliff collapsed on camera, launching 400-tonnes of rockfall cascading into the English Channel.
The #collapse at West Bay, on the Jurassic Coast, on Friday, has led the local council to close the South West Coast Path, warning rockfalls "can happen suddenly and without warning".
This marks the fourth rockfall on this stretch of beach since November last year.
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@sharonneil2118 2 ай бұрын

Who would have thought rock falls could happen at anytime without warning well I never

@user-gk1lo6ni1b Ай бұрын

the telegraph corrected this as a typo it was 40 tonnes

@davelowe1977 2 ай бұрын

Obviously T-Rex emerging from its slumber after 50 million years.

@nomadmarauder-dw9re 2 ай бұрын

GORGO!

@AlexHallatt 2 ай бұрын

(Resists urge to differentiate between Jurassic and Cretaceous...) 😆

@davelowe1977 2 ай бұрын

@@AlexHallatt pedant.

@g_br 2 ай бұрын

@@AlexHallatt haha

@giggles7179 Ай бұрын

Nope. Godzilla.

@bobsharpe2899 2 ай бұрын

Fossil hunters paradise 😊

@TheJhtlag Ай бұрын

what I was thinking, exposes a new areas of fossils.

@BillDownhill Ай бұрын

And then crushed by the next collapse.

@user-wj5gj9ld8b 2 ай бұрын

Well everything else is collapsing in Brittan

@mnomadvfx Ай бұрын

Coastlines have been collapsing in Britain since before the homo sapien species evolved. The entire English Channel is an example of it.

@vaper106 Ай бұрын

Obviously, the education system collapsed first

@hansonagbomedarho Ай бұрын

That does not negate the fact that brittania is collapsing

@jonobrien1339 3 күн бұрын

The education system by the looks of it, it's *Britain not Brittan .

@shoberino3898 2 ай бұрын

Look for fossils!

@stevothabasta2915 2 ай бұрын

Or become one 😂

@andrewholcroft.1945 2 ай бұрын

I already am one😅

@mdcs1992 Ай бұрын

Dorset is on the English Channel, not the ocean.

@Pikestnt 2 ай бұрын

So long as the Palmers Brewery is safe, I’m happy

@severeacuterespiratorysynd1450 2 ай бұрын

The cliff reminds me of the cliff from the British TV series "Broadchurch".

@noseofsauron236 Ай бұрын

Looked it up...yup this is where they filmed Broadchurch

@MAnuscript421 Ай бұрын

They filmed the whole series in Dorset.

@deavall1 2 ай бұрын

basically all mud and rock, saturated by the weather and the sea. Natural erosion. Needs checking the Fred flintstones etc...

@skepticalbadger 2 ай бұрын

It's 90%+ sandstone. Thin layer of turf on top.

@deavall1 2 ай бұрын

@@skepticalbadger I used to live in a Sandstone area, its also susceptible to spalling. Similar effect.

@rgwholt 2 ай бұрын

love to know who weighed it ? 400 tons old Mother Nature is pretty precise when she does rockfalls . And which ocean would that be ? as far as I am aware the Dorset coast is still in the English Channel ?

@nexpro6985 2 ай бұрын

The English channel, as we call it, is part of the ocean.

@Taylor-rq4fv 2 ай бұрын

@@nexpro6985😂😂

@rgwholt 2 ай бұрын

@@nexpro6985 no its the English Channel , by your reasoning the North Sea is also part of the Atlantic Ocean

@patdoyle2003 2 ай бұрын

Since all oceans are connected, there's really only one, apart from more or less arbitrary distinctions by nitpickers.

@rgwholt 2 ай бұрын

@@patdoyle2003 how can anything be "more or less arbitrary " ? places are defined by name by those very nitpickers to help other nitpickers find their way around

@ScrewyDriverTheMan 2 ай бұрын

They've been talking about the coastal erosion on the entire Southern Coast of England for half a century. I did a whole GCSE paper on it when I was 16 LMAO we even went down to Weymouth to do a whole study for my Geography coursework

@gigabane7357 Ай бұрын

Also I forgot to mention the small nuance that the amoc is absolutely collapsing and has been doing so for 90 years. this also means that UK and other areas are going to get COLD by up to 8-10c and all of the nightmare heat we would have been facing is going to get stuck down at the equator which will become uninhabitable. In Uk it is going to get warmer and warmer very quickly, then all of a sudden, a cold shock that will last 2000 years while the AMOC reboots. THAT is the ONLY second chance nature is ever going to give the northern regions to adapt or die.

@ScrewyDriverTheMan Ай бұрын

@@gigabane7357 Interesting!!! What about the magnetic pole shift??? Any influence?

@ruthcollins2841 2 ай бұрын

FFS the same thing happened in January; February; May; 8th August; November; December 2023 and January & 31st March 2024! I stayed in West Bay last August from 9th-11th and was warned by the hotel owner that a rock fall had happened the day beforehand! There was a light cordon around the area, but still people walked over cliff tops, on the beach along that area when the tides were out and bathed in the sea next to the fallen rocks! I couldn't believe that the area had not been blocked from public use! Seems same thing happened this year and STILL open to the public!🤦‍♀️

@contact594 2 ай бұрын

clearly 330 tonnes not 400.

@Simon-ch7yd 2 ай бұрын

Looks more like 365 tons

@ge2623 2 ай бұрын

327 1/2

@Oligodendrocyte139 2 ай бұрын

394 tons, we're Telegraph readers not some Johnny foreigners.

@paddysparrow4528 2 ай бұрын

Closer to 321 tones go

@bennyboy2079 2 ай бұрын

Obviously 324 ton

@crapisnice Ай бұрын

The cliffs of INSANITY!!!

@HollyMoore-wo2mh Ай бұрын

There are a few others that look ready to fall as well.

@PhilJonesIII Ай бұрын

A moment for the people who weighed the rocks that fell.

@jamesmichael4185 2 ай бұрын

West Bay is nice

@jungletiger1900 2 ай бұрын

Far more rain now with more storms thus quicker erosion.

@peterrobinson8588 2 ай бұрын

Since when was the English Channel an ‘ocean’?

@nexpro6985 2 ай бұрын

It is part of the ocean. Parts of the world's single ocean have names.

@bluebluesky3170 2 ай бұрын

@@nexpro6985yes, obviously, but we have never ever called that part of the sea the 'ocean'.

@Dark_Bandon 2 ай бұрын

@@nexpro6985 REALLY? I had not Idea that the seas are connected. #FACE_PALM

@AGWUK Ай бұрын

The English Channel is indeed part of the Atlantic Ocean

@Dark_Bandon Ай бұрын

@@AGWUK All the worlds oceans are joined but the English channel is NOT part of the Atlantic. Just like the Pacific it not part of the Atlantic. Go learn some geography.

@glennreeve9686 Ай бұрын

I have actually walked up that hill with my young son, who had a shoulder carry from me. A few years back now when I was young and fit lol.

@chrissturman1500 2 ай бұрын

West Bay cliffs - always were a worry

@watrgrl2 2 ай бұрын

This is the reason I’d never stand near the edge of a cliff to take pictures. I also wouldn’t build a home on a bluff or hill near the sea. Inevitably there WILL be erosion. It’s only a matter of time, tide and storms as to how long it takes before your house falls to the beach and is claimed by the sea. I bet there were some interesting fossils and ancient artifacts in those layers of rock! I hope someone has looked through it thoroughly!

@beijingpete 2 ай бұрын

I would say swimming in the sea near the shore would be more hazardous these days.

@julieburton192 2 ай бұрын

Is this at Seatown? Near Golden Cap?

@rogerdyer2924 2 ай бұрын

West Bay

@yogadarmawan3051 2 ай бұрын

Bro, there is large titan hiding on cliff

@party4keeps28 Ай бұрын

Looks like there's a face in the thumbnail picture.

@labibbidabibbadum Ай бұрын

But it all looks so stable and well supported!

@wildestsquirrelwildestsqui5020 Ай бұрын

Weather erosion is creating that hazard forever.

@franzscharfenberger5144 Ай бұрын

Fossils exposed ?

@welshhibby 2 ай бұрын

BREXIT ?

@djfull4442 Ай бұрын

that's jura sick

@matthewtrott7236 2 ай бұрын

West bay

@Maywyn Ай бұрын

Good footage No way, no how I would want to be under any cliff anywhere. It is just too dangerous.

@bettygreenhansen Ай бұрын

I bet the rockhounding was incredible!

@CalumLyons-do1xi 2 ай бұрын

Dam i was going to pitch a tent right there 😂😂

@ConradSpoke Ай бұрын

So, I guess "stay away" means, "have fun collecting souvenirs."

@s1lm4r1l6 Ай бұрын

Even the coastline of Tory Britain is crumbling.

@juliebarks3195 Ай бұрын

Had many happy holidays in West Bay.

@GalantiasWorld 2 ай бұрын

A sign for the picture of the world ...

@blatomo1170 Ай бұрын

This ain't even 40tonnes!

@zdzislawmeglicki2262 Ай бұрын

Cliffs are notiriously unstable and dangerous.

@sarcasmunlimited1570 Ай бұрын

That won't stop the boats.

@JonnySublime 28 күн бұрын

Looks like it’s been collapsing since the beginning of time

@aaronodne2093 Ай бұрын

The face in the dust as the rocks are falling.

@anthonyguarino4242 Ай бұрын

The case of natural phenomenon: Pareidolia!

@TheRVSN Ай бұрын

That is not a cliff. That is clay, mud and loam - the star dust.

@user-fh5nr9bg9w Ай бұрын

That's A #Earth Quack

@user-fh5nr9bg9w Ай бұрын

Oh Yes As #Above So #Below

@chrisdawson6156 Ай бұрын

I wonder if I stood underneath all those rocks and it came down on me will it kill me

@meghanhobhead5149 26 күн бұрын

It's a possibility.

@chrisdawson6156 26 күн бұрын

@@meghanhobhead5149 good I might try it

@chrisdawson6156 26 күн бұрын

@@meghanhobhead5149 I might try it one day

@Soothsayer210 Ай бұрын

was that 400 tonnes?

@TheJhtlag Ай бұрын

exactly.

@emmaaustin123 2 ай бұрын

Local knowledge, keep away from the cliffs especially after a lot of rainfall.

@user-cf1vb6op5h Ай бұрын

Dude, invest in a mic cover!

@JS-zb1vv Ай бұрын

That wasn’t 400 tons

@monopolybillionaire5027 Ай бұрын

Its Sir Mechagodzilla! RULE BRITANIA

@waya2378 Ай бұрын

Rolling Stones

@TomiAdewoleAdetom Ай бұрын

Very spiritual. Signs of a kingdom tumbling

@davidholton8092 Ай бұрын

Looks like the location where Broadchurch was filmed

@adrianthoroughgood1191 Ай бұрын

It was filmed there.

@Noddy2750 Ай бұрын

The Rock Hunters are going to have Fun

@jeffstewart1931 2 ай бұрын

Looks like Bridport

@ScionStorm1 Ай бұрын

Paleontologists: New real estate has opened up boys!

@zevc3591 Ай бұрын

Cool!👍

@xeric1953 Ай бұрын

Not sure if it’s the cameras frame rate or what but it looks like bad cgi

@richmck007 Ай бұрын

Ocean..? Please!!!!

@paulskinback717 Ай бұрын

I have a photo of me and my daughter standing right under that

@byMRTNjournals 2 ай бұрын

Didn't an idiot family camp there in stormy conditions a few years ago.

@monikarani4471 Ай бұрын

The Ocean will fill up and overflow remember the story of the thirsty crow

@ltohmmm5858 2 ай бұрын

Why is the camera work so professional, as if they expected the cliff to fall? Seems odd....

@iZombits 2 ай бұрын

Probably just flying a drone around at the right time, the erosion is completely natural.

@ltohmmm5858 2 ай бұрын

@@iZombits they artificially zoomed in (cropped) on whatever footage they had so that explains the weirdly professional aesthetic

@bluebluesky3170 2 ай бұрын

Oh lord, a conspiracy theorist....

@an_otherwanderer Ай бұрын

"The world is changing."

@bvon5630 Ай бұрын

What goes up, must come down

@garryferrington811 Ай бұрын

From the Daily Torygraph.

@patrickhowell5578 Ай бұрын

Fossils galore

@FreeAssange_ 2 ай бұрын

The face in the thumbnail

@anthonyguarino4242 Ай бұрын

Yeah, I saw! Pareidolia mess up your brain sometimes naturally!

@micmalawi 2 ай бұрын

Dino-might?

@YOUR-WORD-IS-YOUR-BOND Ай бұрын

Okay, Jay Jay 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@anndogg Ай бұрын

Looks like a giant was in there. Watch again

@knutarneaakra6013 2 ай бұрын

Yes the former english empire are crumbling down

@8888shooter 2 ай бұрын

😂😂😅...love the dramatic words, " rock falls into the ocean!!""........yes, it's a rockfall, but it's landing on the seashore!!....😅.... don't these newspapers exaggerate everything!!!!😅

@EducatedSkeptic 2 ай бұрын

Obviously, then, it was the beach sand making the big splash at the end .......

@philthycat1408 Ай бұрын

Fossils!!!

@benniinsuedafrika Ай бұрын

Perfect metaphor for the country as a whole.😅

@bobbymoss6160 Ай бұрын

Meanwhile in the US, let's build mansions on the edge of the cliff!

@Lesloi6227 2 ай бұрын

And the ocean will claim that.

@richardwoodhouse8397 Ай бұрын

There always be an England? Not to mention imegration!!!😮

@norelegiehn1230 2 ай бұрын

Oeh somebody order a new beach hehehehe

@richardperry5538 2 ай бұрын

400 tonnes, can someone tell how.they know that for sure 🤣

@emmanuel64042 2 ай бұрын

Imagine someone is climbing to relax near the collapsing area

@reinadegrillos Ай бұрын

Miré los muros de la patria mía, si un tiempo fuertes ya desmoronados de la carrera de la edad cansados por quien caduca ya su valentía. (Francisco de Quevedo)

@nexpro6985 2 ай бұрын

Plesiosaurs yearning for the sea.

@jaritorni1530 2 ай бұрын

Climet change ?

@skankhunt420 2 ай бұрын

*climate Yea, also

@ottobormann 2 ай бұрын

@@skankhunt420 it is hard to assert it is due to climate change. Only if wind patterns, ocean currents and other climate related conditions are increasing the erosion of this specific cliff. Having said that costal erosion is due to increase with climate change.

@AD-gi9zg 2 ай бұрын

@@ottobormann Increased rainfall may play a significant role.

@andyrobinson2653 2 ай бұрын

Nah it was Putin.

@andrewhaines3259 2 ай бұрын

Nope. Blame it on Covid and Brexit. That's why everything else is collapsing in England apparently!

@user-uc8kr1pl6b Ай бұрын

Looks fake coz no one is turning around on the beach to look!

@rustle2 Ай бұрын

Has to be a first t

@fertysurfer 2 ай бұрын

Enlarge the screen and so obviously cgi. Nicely done though.

@neiljohnson5285 2 ай бұрын

I thought that, looks like they’ve used a scene from Broadchurch 😂

@codymoe4986 26 күн бұрын

Erosion is a conspiracy now? Gotcha....

@Primatron Ай бұрын

The thumbnail looks like a face.

@gigabane7357 Ай бұрын

It is called enhanced weathering fellows. It is expected. well, by some minds. most of the planet is not autistic and not obsessed and so are actually clueless as to how imminent food shocks and total biosphere collapse is.

@harryturner8701 Ай бұрын

So thats how Danny Latimer died

@1776-or-die Ай бұрын

Wasn’t even 5 tons of dirt 😂media 😂

@EuroWarsOrg Ай бұрын

Nice bonus for fossil hunters

@paulcoverdale8312 2 ай бұрын

All normal proses ❤❤❤🪬🪬💎💎👍👍🥃🥃🇬🇧🇬🇧🙏🙏🌺

@harvey2609 2 ай бұрын

Might find another dinosaur 🦖.

@seymourbutts4654 Ай бұрын

People fear change.

@setildes 2 ай бұрын

Crumbling under the weight of all those illegal immigrants

@iainmackenzieUK 2 ай бұрын

Caused a tsunami in Taiwan

@user-cc5xn8cd2d 2 ай бұрын

И что? 😂

@davidreilly1031 Ай бұрын

If only the English Channel was an actual ocean, we wouldn't have hoards of dinghy divers arriving daily. Even the cliffs are trying to fend them off.