 Although visitor numbers to the resort area never recovered, Southsea continued to develop throughout the 20th century and today remains a mixed residential area and leisure destination.On 15 September 2000, parts of Southsea were flooded when the pumping station which pumps surface water out to sea was itself flooded during a particularly heavy storm.On 9 August 2011 a fire broke out at the old Joanna's Nightclub, a derelict building opposite South Parade Pier.