Overview

• Video footage of the July 26 collapse shows thousands of tons of rock crashing onto Budleigh Salterton Beach and sending a plume of dust into the air.
• Sidmouth Independent Lifeboat, deployed by Solent Coastguard, rescued two people stranded beyond the fallen cliff and conducted a shoreline search for others.
• Eyewitnesses report that no one was injured despite sunbathers being narrowly missed by the rockfall.
• Devon County Council has indefinitely closed the affected section of coastal path to safeguard visitors from unstable cliffs.
• Officials warn that the Triassic and Jurassic rock formations along this stretch remain prone to sudden landslips and urge the public to keep clear of cliff edges and bases.