After a year of storms, heatwaves and record rainfall, communities are grappling with climate change.
About 400 people walk between the Devon villages in support of a campaign to get a road repaired.
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Residents say the news is a "massive relief" locally after winter storms damaged the area's sea defences.
South Devon MP Caroline Voaden says the funding is "really great news" for the area.
A university professor says the change at Torcross means "waves won't slam directly" into a seawall.
A councillor says a "huge amount of hard work" has gone into repairing the facilities.
An MP says there are "no promises" the route will be repaired after a section broke up and washed away.
People living near a storm-hit coastal road that broke up into the sea say it is vital to their economy.