Part of Teignmouth’s historic pier was washed away and sections of the sea wall protecting main rail line at Dawlish crumbled as Storm Ingrid made her presence felt this weekend.

Teignmouth mayor Cllr Cate Williams said the town that had a real battering over Friday night and into Saturday with ‘wild waves ‘removing part of the the town’s iconic Grand Pier.

And a large hole has appeared in the seawall by the letters that spell out Teignmouth at Sprey Point.

Two breaches to the seawall at Dawlish meant that there was no rail service between Exeter and Newton Abbot on Saturday following the onslaught of Storm Inrgid.

However, a Herculean effort by Network Rail’s ‘orange army’ have managed to effect repairs and a limited service is now running again through Dawlish ,although at reduced speeds.

A spokesman for Network Rail, said debris on the track had been cleared despite "pretty trying conditions" and speed restrictions were in place causing delays.