LEISURE beaches around Torbay are at risk of disappearing under rising sea water levels.

Torbay Council and its development arm, the Torbay Development Agency, are drawing plans to see what impact climate change could have on the Bay’s environment and tourism-based economy.

Steve Parrock, chief executive of the TDA, said at a meeting of the Torquay Chamber of Commence that general flooding and rising sea levels were a reality developers in Torbay had to take into account looking ahead over the next 25, 50 and 100 years. (more…)