Five families evacuated from homes in middle of the night after a landslide destroyed wall early yesterday
Distressed residents scrambled from their terraced homes after tonnes of rubble came tumbling down in rain
Emergency services rescued families from four separate properties as their bathrooms and kitchens flooded
Fallen wall separates two rows of terrace houses built on different levels of a hillside estate in Nottingham
Families evacuated after landslide causes 70ft wall to collapse onto their properties in Nottingham
Updated: 4 Feb 2021, 16:03
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FAMILIES were evacuated from their homes in the middle of the night after a landslide caused a 70ft wall to collapse into their properties.
Residents in Nottingham were forced to flee their terraced houses after tons of rubble came tumbling down in the pouring rain at 1am on Wednesday morning.
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A 70ft wall collapsed onto their properties in the middle of the nightCredit: SWNS:South West News Service
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Tons of rubble came tumbling down in the pouring rainCredit: BPM Media
Terrified locals were woken by the sound of bricks and earth collapsing into their gardens on Spalding Road and Windmill Lane, in Sneinton, Nottingham.
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Britain is to be hit with three days of snow this weekend, as temperatures plunge by 10 degrees and the Met Office warns of flooding and blackouts.
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Andy Chambers of Sneinton (Image: Olimpia Zagnat)
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