Posted on 06/26/2023 21:57 Updated on 06/26/2023 22:16
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A. Bouleis, L. Soudre, M. September – France 2
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In England, the town of Hemsby in the east of the country is doing everything it can to slow down the erosion of its coasts, which is being aggravated by global warming. Vain. The water continues to advance, washing away the cliffs and the houses on them.
Where some see a dune landscape ruffled by the wind and tides, the residents of Hemsby on England’s east coast see nothing but emptiness. From the cliff edge, it’s hard to imagine Lance Martin, a resident, looking out over his garden and home six years ago. Since then, the sea has swallowed up 60 meters of land. “In 2018, the front of my house was where the waves broke on the rocks,” he describes. He had bought a nice wooden house for his retirement.
In ten years, 22 houses in the neighborhood were destroyed
A few storms later, the dune is gone and his house hangs so far in the void that it has to be moved back twice. The last time was just a few weeks ago. The dune had receded four meters overnight. In ten years, 22 houses in the neighborhood have been destroyed by the inexorable encroachment of the sea. The beach is nothing more than a thin ribbon of wet sand, which has nothing to do with postcards.
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