Do you remember the Uphill flood of 1981?
On this day 40 years ago, the Great Flood of Uphill - as people remember it - saw the highest tidal levels ever recorded along the Somerset coastline.
At the time the Mercury reported more than 1,000 homes in the area suffered substantial flooding across the region, even reaching as far as the M5 motorway.
Estimated damage to homes, businesses and livestock totalled more than £6million, with the loss of around 25,000 livestock in the area.
The Mercury also reported how an elderly man in Blackford had refused to leave his cottage and was swept away and drowned.
Contemporary Met Office forecasts reported wind moving in over the Atlantic at speeds of 40 knots, with tidal waves reaching more than eight metres in height.
The Mercury headlined 'devastation' on the front page and described the event as the 'worst floods in living memory'.
The storm also forced much of Marine Lake and the promenade at Weston seafront to be destroyed.
Existing sea defences at Uphill was battered by the flood when water poured into the village.
Water also reached Hinkley nuclear power station which caused the failure of all six electric pumps and led to closure of one station for several weeks.
The Mercury looked back at the floods in 2012 and reported the devastation caused along the Somerset coast in Burnham.
The report said: "An area stretching from Burnham along the coast to Clevedon suffered terrible flooding, with West Huntspill, Uphill and Sand Bay particularly badly hit.
"Houses flooded with water up to six metres high before boats helped to evacuate trapped people.
"High tides and stormy winds sent walls of water into overloaded rhynes and rivers, which were already swelling from melting snow.
"It was the first time the area had been badly beset by floodwater since July 1968, when Weston and Somerset endured a summer even wetter than this one."
Following the floods, a new wall was built to run along the coastline and in 2003, a new sluice gate was installed to further reduce the damaging effects of flooding. This gate still stands today at the entrance of Uphill Wharf.
Do you remember the floods at Uphill? Send in your experiences to newsdesk@westonmercury.co.uk.
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