2023-06-26 19:57:20
Posted on 06/26/2023 21:57 Updated on 06/26/2023 22:16
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France 2 Article written by A.Bouleis, L.Soudre, M.Septembre – France 2
France Televisions
In England, the town of Hemsby, in the east of the country, is trying by all means to slow down the erosion of its coasts, aggravated by global warming. In vain. The water continues to advance, washing away the cliffs and the houses on them.
Where some see a landscape of dunes beaten by the wind and the tides, the inhabitants of Hemsby, located on the east coast of England, see only emptiness. From the edge of the cliff, it is hard to imagine that Lance Martin, a resident, gazed six years ago at his garden and his house. Since then, the sea has engulfed 60 meters of land. “In 2018, the front of my house was where the waves break on the rocks”, he describes. He had bought a pretty wooden house for his retirement.
In ten years, 22 houses in the neighborhood have been destroyed
A few storms later, the dune has disappeared, and his house is suspended in the void to the point of having to move it back twice. The last time was only 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 advance of the sea. The beach is nothing more than a fine ribbon of wet sand, which has nothing to do with postcards.
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