More than 300 homes were evacuated near Falmouth Docks in Cornwall, England, on September 23–24, 2026, after an unexploded World War II ordnance was discovered in the water. By September 24, the bomb had been moved away from the docks into the bay.
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Ah, yes - that famous American 'precision' bombing they like to boast about, with one of their unexploded weapons forcing the evacuation of the key German port of [checks notes] Falmouth www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv... More than 300 Falmouth homes could be evacuated if a cordon is expanded at the site of an unexploded World War Two bomb, found in the water at the docks on Monday.
Context: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv... More than 300 Falmouth homes are evacuated at the site of an unexploded World War Two bomb, found in the water at the docks on Monday, and a church opens as an evacuation centre.
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv... Falmouth WW2 unexploded bomb: Ordnance moved away from docks into bay - BBC News More than 300 Falmouth homes had been evacuated due to an unexploded World War Two bomb, found in the water at the docks on Monday.