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Ocean Exmouth damaged in Storm Henk

VIDEO: It's just one bit of damage in East Devon

A sheet of shard metal that smashed into a public area next to an Exmouth seafront attraction fortunately didn't hit anyone.

It was just one piece of damage across East Devon caused by Storm Henk.

The Ocean Leisure Centre was closed, together with the Esplanade road outside, for the afternoon.

Gusts of 80 miles an hour were recorded at Exeter Airport on Tuesday afternoon, the highest since 1990. 

The roof of a building at Okehampton railway station was also blown off.

And a tower at Bickleigh Castle near Tiverton, which had stood for 900 years, didn't survive the storm.

This video report is from BBC Spotlight.

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