75 per cent of Cornwall's population killed in megaflood

A STAGGERING 75 per cent of the Cornish population was wiped out in an ancient megaflood, a researcher has claimed.In his latest book Philip Runggaldier, who is a scholar of ancient archaeology and mythology, explores the theory that a megadeluge struck Britain and Ireland 14,700 years ago. He claims the deluge was Britain's worst natural disaster and the source of the Biblical flood.In Atlantis and the Biblical Flood: The evidence at last?, Runggaldier suggests a huge glacial lake formed within...