{"id":143824,"date":"2023-11-16T18:40:15","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T18:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/?p=143824"},"modified":"2023-11-16T18:40:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T18:40:15","slug":"images-show-huge-landslip-in-st-leonards-on-sea-as-locals-evacuated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/world-news\/images-show-huge-landslip-in-st-leonards-on-sea-as-locals-evacuated\/","title":{"rendered":"Images show huge landslip in St Leonards-on-Sea as locals evacuated"},"content":{"rendered":"
Aerial images show a huge landslip in St Leonards-on-Sea as local residents were evacuated from their homes, which ‘tore like piece of paper’.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Emergency services had to evacuate a number of family in the coastal town of East Sussex, after a ‘perilous’ landslip threatened to demolish their houses.<\/p>\n
The shocking images show the extent of the destruction caused by the landslip, where the ground has collapsed, carving a perilous path for ‘huge lumps’ of debris heading straight towards homes on a rugged decline.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The aerial shots show a conservatory sat on the edge of the bottom of a cliff, that has been crushed, leaving behind scattered debris of brick, wood and glass.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A spokesman for East Sussex Fire and Rescue said families had to be evacuated after the damage was assessed, following reports of the landslip\u00a0on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
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The aerial shots show a conservatory sat on the edge of the bottom of a cliff, that has been crushed, leaving behind scattered debris of brick, wood and glass<\/p>\n
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The shocking images show the extent of the destruction caused by the landslip, which had carved a perilous path for ‘huge lumps’ of debris heading straight towards homes<\/p>\n
One local resident, Jaco, told BBC Radio Sussex, that a historic Victorian building that was previously used as a billiards room had been\u00a0‘absolutely destroyed’ and ‘engulfed with loose mud and concrete’.<\/span><\/p>\n Another resident saw the billiards room being ‘torn open like a piece of paper’, and told the broadcaster that it as a ‘perilous situation’ after\u00a0‘huge lumps’ of masonry and rubble were ‘thundering down’ onto the land below ‘like a wrecking ball’.<\/p>\n Other residents have reported that they not feeling safe following the frightening collapse.<\/p>\n A spokesman for East Sussex Fire and Rescue said ‘We were called at 8.39pm to reports of a landslip between Marina at the bottom of a cliff and West Hill Road at the top of a cliff in St Leonards.’<\/p>\n They added: ‘Crews liaised with the local council and building control experts. A number of properties at the top of the cliff were evacuated.’<\/p>\n