Flash flooding caused more than £1 million worth of damage to a Cornish village following torrential downpours, it has been suggested.

In similar scenes to the Boscastle disaster, the equivalent of “200 Olympic-sized swimming pools” rained down on the rural village of Coverack on Tuesday afternoon.

On Wednesday an extensive clean-up was launched, with local council leaders promising that money will be “no problem” in the mission to repair the 50 or more properties damaged during the storm.