Storm Desmond has brought chaos to people’s lives in the north of England and Scotland – but it has also been playing havoc with nature.
It is not often that you see a waterfall working in reverse, but the 70mph gusts the storm has brought to the UK have done just that with Kinder Downfall in the Peak District.
The footage above shows water from the fall that is usually sent tumbling to the river below being whipped up into the air by high winds. The wind is so strong that the cameraman, Joe Blackburn, struggles to hold the camera steady.
Kinder Downfall in Derbyshire is the tallest waterfall in the Peak District at 30 metres high and is renowned for being affected by strong west winds that blow its torrent up into the air as spray.
It is not the only water feature to have its daily routine altered by Storm Desmond. Malham Cove, a limestone formation in the Yorkshire Dales is usually dry as water flows through cracks and gullies to its foot well before it reaches the cliff edge.
But recent heavy rainfall from the storm meant that water made it to the lip of rock, temporarily creating England’s tallest waterfall at around 260feet, a drop two and a half times bigger than the usual record holder, Hardraw Force, also in the Yorkshire Dales.
Flood warnings remain in place across much of northern England and Scotland. For the latest on Storm Desmond see here.
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