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Fri Dec 30, 2011, 03:57 PM Dec 2011

Freak foam storm swamps seaside resort [View all]

by Andrew Gregory, Daily Mirror 30/12/2011



IT looks like a carwash gone out of control – and the truth really has got locals in a lather.

Drivers and walkers heading along the promenade at a popular Lancashire tourist spot were swamped by thick, dirty foam yesterday.

The oily bubbles were blown ashore after 90mph winds battered the resort of Cleveleys, near Blackpool.

In places the freak foam was almost 3ft deep, trapping residents in their homes and stranding drivers.



Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-world/2011/12/30/freak-foam-storm-swamps-seaside-resort-of-cleveleys-115875-23667046/

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