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The images show how much of Hemsby beach in Norfolk has been destroyed by strong winds and high tides - laying waste to vast ...

According to plans despite the installation of rock armour in the 1980s coastal erosion has taken place through washing out of the existing rock armour next to the cliff, leaving it exposed to ...

Sunset Cliffs between Adair and Osprey streets is a popular photo spot. People previously climbed down the rocks to access ...

There’s a risk that hard defences such as sea walls may end up hampering natural beach and cliff re-shaping processes that could even help limit cliff erosion in the long run, Dr Garcia explains.

THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese HALIFAX — For more than 150 years, the stout and tidy Walton Harbour lighthouse in Nova Scotia has stood watch from a cliff overlooking the upper Bay of Fundy. But ...

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A plan for a sea defence berm stretching 0.8 miles (1.3km) along the Hemsby coastline - to protect the village from erosion - has been given a licence by the Marine Management Organisation.