IT’S been a weekend of wild weather.

Thanks to the arrival of Storm Bert trees have been toppled, rivers has burst their banks and vehicles, businesses and properties have been submerged in flood water.

Storm Bert. Flooding in Kingsteignton
The Environment Agency brave the flooding in Kingsteignton (Steve Pope/MDA)

Both the Environment Agency and Met Office issued alert after alert over the 48 hour period - but the ferocity of the weather still caught a lot of people out across Teignbridge

The River Teign breached its banks resulting in numerous vehicles being stranded near Teigngrace with the village itself being cut off. The A38 at Chudleigh Knighton was closed as one point due to floodwater which lead to severe traffic tailbacks and in Newton Abbot traffic was brought to a standstill after flooding at Kingsteignton saw both Newton Road and Kingsteignton Road closed.

Storm Bert. With the wind came the raim. Flooding at the junction of Greenhill Way and Newton Road in Kingsteignton
Storm Bert. With the wind came the rain. Flooding at the junction of Greenhill Way and Newton Road in Kingsteignton (Steve Pope/MDA)

And on Monday morning the clean-up operation and damage assessment will begin...

Storm Bert. Waves batter the sea wall walk at Teignmouth
Storm Bert. Waves batter the sea wall walk at Teignmouth (Steve Pope/MDA)