Aerial footage of the sea surge, December 2013 - Hemsby, Norfolk, England

Showreel footage of the destructive power of the sea, showing cliff collapse and damage to houses, in the sea-side village of Hemsby, East Anglia. Filmed over 3 days, this footage featured on BBC national news, as well as BBC Look East and Country File
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[@racheld3771]

What happens when a man builds a house upon the sand?

[@jacobwhittle3019]

10/10

[@bannedagain.8334]

The east coast is shrinking..the west coast is growing bigger..a train track built 150 years ago on the seafront in Wales is now a mile from the sea.

[@radiobits444]

Shame about the buildings but the footage and angles are amazing.

[@geoffwright9570]

It's been doing this for 60 years to my knowledge. I was 16 when I first saw this sea damage to the land.

[@xelthiavice4276]

they are building on SAND! wtf did they think was going to happen

[@1monsieur]

you wanted to be close to water...it's done. You win

[@rocketraccoon1976]

Damn. They needed a lot more than just those white plastic circles holding gravel? sand? Preferably, they'd need a bunch of large boulders stacked long, wide & high along the hillside, with a retaining wall of reinforced concrete, too. And they'd need to cover the entire length of the hillside, not just what's in front of their houses.

[@stanislovasmickevicius7546]

Steve Rogers gtyyj7

[@jkl799]

Why would you build a house on a dune?

[@hollywoolford7783]

@@sophiemay8961 do you know how much it eroded each year?

[@aysheamaif4649]

I remember this it’s heart breaking

[@atomatman3104]

I LOVE IT STUPID IDIOTS AT ITS BEST .LOLOLOL

[@joline2730]

This is a VERY natural phenomenum, this British island decreases on the East and increases in the west - it's called TIDES 🙄🙄

[@brynlowe2408]

This happens when clever is not so clever.

[@kpb96m]

I'm American, so I know everything. Not enough is being done to prevent this damage to the coastline. Thank me later.

[@jimgolding82]

lmfao

[@jamien4561]

At least you're attempting a bit of humour about the stupidest people on Earth who are actually causing climate change and making oceans more violent lol

[@8ballphil150]

the earth giveth , the earth taketh away .

[@rfurdaylee]

Hmm more like the sea taketh away I think.

[@Boba._The._Therian]

Ooo that must be bad

[@trajanoandreu1217]

No pensaba que eran tan tontos los ingleses al construir tan cerca del mar y mas viendo a las claras que eso son "dunas" es decir terreno "natural " del mar, que mas pronto que tarde volvera a ocupar.

[@YEWGYZE]

That place is really going downhill

[@IngmarSweep]

Why doesn't their government do anything?

[@larrybruce4856]

They should have never been allowed to build on sand. No permits should have ever been issued for structures to be built on dunes. I'm surprized an insurance company would insure these homes or pay when destroyed by ocean surge. Maybe they didn't pay. Hmmmmm.

[@jamien4561]

What can they do when millions of adults are buying toys from China causing climate change which is making the oceans rise and become more violent

[@IngmarSweep]

@@jamien4561 Build dikes.

[@jamien4561]

@@IngmarSweep No we need to solve climate change not build ridiculous things like dikes . It would seem human beings will come up with any reason why they shouldn't stop buying toys from China

[@IngmarSweep]

@@jamien4561 I've been living behind dikes all my life. They are not ridiculous. They work pretty well.

[@maryhairy1]

Definitely not great!