Hotel owner forced to keep his business shut during lockdown now fears losing his £400k clifftop home after huge landslide left properties inching closer to edge as rock continues to slowly crumble into sea
Residents whose homes sit close to the cliff in Nefyn, north Wales, have been urged to temporarily relocate
Comes after landslide sent hundreds mud and rock crashing onto the Welsh beach at around 11am on Monday
Landslide estimated 130ft-wide and spanned across two back gardens, part of which crumbled onto beach
Living on the EDGE! Families living near crumbling cliffs are urged to abandon homes before ANOTHER landslide crashes hundreds more tons of mud and rocks into the sea
Residents whose homes sit close to the cliff in Nefyn, north Wales, have been urged to temporarily relocate
Comes after landslide sent hundreds mud and rock crashing onto the Welsh beach at around 11am on Monday
Landslide estimated 130ft-wide and spanned across two back gardens, part of which crumbled onto beach
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A day before the landslide, families with children had spent time on the beach in the exact spot where it took place.
No casualties were reported at yesterday s incident.
Elise Leyshon said: It is so lucky that no-one was on the beach on a Monday morning. Yesterday it was full of people.
Minutes before the enormous movement of land people had been walking along the sand below
The day before the landslide, families with children had spent time on the beach over the weekend in the exact spot where it took place on Monday morning They would stand no chance if they were caught by that landslide. It is incredible.
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People living near the site of a major landslide in north Wales have been advised to temporarily relocate.
Monday s cliff fall in Nefyn, Gwynedd, saw some seaside homes lose parts of their gardens to the beach below.
Gwynedd Council said a large area of the cliff face and adjoining private land had been lost in the significant landslide.
It said residents had been been spoken to and it was contacting the owners of nearby second homes.
The council said it was in contact with the Crown Estate, which is responsible for the section of beach up to the high-tide mark, and warning signs were being installed.
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This is the frightening moment a beach-walker is forced to run from a sludge of rock and mud crashing down a cliff in North Wales.
Yesterday s huge landslide in Gwynedd Nefyn near Pwhelli has left luxury houses perilously close to sliding into the sea.
And the gardens buffering the £400,000 properties continued to be chipped away last night - in one case receding just yards away from the outside patio.
The landslide almost swept up Amanda Stubbs, who was taking a break from work when the debris cascaded down the rock face.
Ms Stubbs was filming the initial rumblings in the rock face when suddenly the cliff cratered and burst onto the beach.