In 1955, Colonel John Churchill, known as "Mad Jack", became the first person to surf the bore, standing atop a homemade ...

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People will gather on the banks of a river later to watch a world-famous natural phenomena roar through Gloucestershire. The Severn Bore occurs when a large tidal surge pushes up the River Severn ...

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The bore - a large surge wave - is formed in the estuary of the River Severn, where the tidal range is the second highest in the world. It is caused when the incoming tide is funnelled into an ...