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UK beaches turn into quicksand deathtraps after weeks of storms battering Britain

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Beaches have been turned into quicksand deathtraps following weeks of storms. Storm tides and coastal streams caused by Storms Ciara, Dennis and Jorge have created liquefied patches on the nation’s sands.

Runner Stephen Callaghan became stuck after getting caught in quicksand while exercising in Newquay, Cornwall. He said: “I was running on Porth beach and got stuck up to my waist in quicksand. “It is where work is being carried out on the beach but all the fencing has been washed away. “I couldn’t get my legs out.

Luckily I managed to get myself free. “There are lots of people on the beach. I fear a dog will go in and get stuck and then the owner will go in after it. “An elderly person wouldn’t be able to get out,” he added.

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