Evacuating Towyn
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As sea defences are breached, police call on residents to abandon their homes.
A grim inevitability surrounded the town of Towyn in north Wales in February 1990. Gale-force winds and a high tide caused Towyn's flood defences to be breached, resulting in mass flooding.
Police and other emergency services - not always successfuly - tried to persuade residents in flooded areas to abandon their homes.
From: Wales Today
First broadcast : 27 February, 1990
