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Owners urged to leave nine Hemsby homes at risk from coastal erosion

Two storms have removed about five metres of dunes, with 41 properties already demolished since last December.

Owners of nine seaside properties in Hemsby, Norfolk, are being encouraged to leave as worsening coastal erosion places the homes within a “10-metre zone of risk” of collapsing onto the beach.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council said two named storms in the past month had stripped away about five metres of sand dunes.

A total of 41 properties in Hemsby have been demolished since December last year.