Cliff-top homes on the edge as coastal erosion intensifies
Houses are teetering on the edge of cliffs in Hemsby in Norfolk. Thirteen homes there have been evacuated amid fears they could topple into the sea after the coastal erosion.
Calls for sea defences as Hemsby homes start to topple over cliff
Coastal communities in Norfolk are pleading for Government help to protect their clifftop homes from the sea.
Erosion has left 13 properties in The Marrams, Hemsby on the brink of being swept away, with some already starting to crumble.
Residents have been evacuated and they have called for more funding to provide proper sea defences.
Today more than 4,000 people have signed a petition calling for adequate sea defences for a "unique and cherished place".
Norfolk councillor John Fuller, who is the Conservative's National Head of Local Finance and Chair of District Councils, admitted it was a "difficult situation" when it came to responsibility.
He said that in emergency situations like this "it's not the role of the politicians necessarily to interfere".
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