Cliff-top homes due to be demolished as collapse risk grows
Emergency services are working with officers from Great Yarmouth Borough Council.Hemsby, near Great Yarmouth, is home to about 3,000 people and was once home to a Pontins holiday camp.. This week's punishing weather conditions and high tides left at least three homes in immediate danger.The only access road to properties on the Marrams has been cordoned off and is expected to collapse
High spring tides were forecast for a 48-hour period with easterly winds were expected to reach 35mph and waves continued to carve away at the coastline on Friday evening.Earlier in the day, fire crews knocked on doors and urged anybody still in the affected properties to leave their homes.As the sea rose, a shed and a playhouse toppled over the cliff.
Hemsby Independent Lifeboat crew rescued two chickens that were still in a shed at one of the at-risk properties.
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