One step away from the abyss: the houses of the residents of the resort town will soon be swallowed up by the sea forever (7 photos)

Newhaven until recently was considered an ideal location for people over 50 years of age who are looking for peace and harmony with nature.





On Monday, May 20, part of the coastal cliff in Newhaven (East Sussex, UK) collapsed onto the beach. This has left locals' £160,000 mobile homes on the verge of falling into the abyss.

Aerial photographs posted online show mobile homes perilously close to the edge of the cliff as people continue to walk along the coastline.



By the way, the resort town of Newhaven until recently was considered an ideal location for people over 50 years of age who are looking for peace and harmony with nature. However, as a result of the process of erosion, the risk of collapse is growing here: people's homes are slowly sliding into the sea, in particular, some houses were only 20 feet (about 6 m) from a huge cliff.





Special signs warning of danger have already been installed at the edge of the cliff: parents are asked to closely monitor their children and not allow them to step over the concrete blocks blocking access to the high-risk area.



“Extremely wet weather in the UK this winter has only exacerbated the problem of landslides, especially on the east coast, where the surface is soft, particularly sand and clay. In addition, the gently sloping terrain allows sea waves to flow inland during storms,” explains the cause of the disaster real estate expert Carol Peet.



Rightmove predicts that more than 2,200 homes will be destroyed in the UK by 2100, with coastal communities at greatest risk in Cornwall, Cumbria, Dorset, East Yorkshire, Essex, the Isle of Wight, Kent, Northumberland, Norfolk and Sussex.