11 h. ago ‘Situation is dire’ for Sicily town teetering on cliff edge after landslide

1,500 people evacuated from Niscemi after battering by Cyclone Harry triggers 4km-long chasm in hillsideThe mayor of a hilltop town on Sicily said “the situation is dire” after a powerful storm brought down a long section of hillside, leaving houses perched perilously on a cliff edge.About 1,500 people have so far been evacuated from their homes because of the landslide, which began to show signs of movement on Sunday before developing a 4km-long front. The chasm continues to widen, raising fears it could swallow the town’s historic centre. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Terrifying vid shows houses teetering on edge of cliff after 4km

OVER 1,000 people have been forced to evacuate an idyllic Sicilian town after a terrifying 4km-long landslide. A shocking aerial view shows the southern hill town Niscemi perched precariously on a cliff edge with several buildings dangerously close to falling off. Deep chasms in the surrounding fields and large chunks of earth shorn off the...

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4 d. ago Nuke bunker left teetering on edge of eroded cliff crashes onto beach just days after historian predicted fall

A COLD-War era nuclear bunker that was dangling precariously on the edge of a cliff has finally crashed into the sea. The brick building, near Tunstall on the East Yorkshire coast, is understood to have been constructed in 1959 and was originally around 100 yards from the sea. The relic was used as a monitoring station in...

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6 d. ago Microplastic emissions are up to 10,000 times LOWER than we thought, promising study reveals

The growing threat of microplastics might be daunting, but a promising study now suggests that the situation might not be as dire as previously thought.

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1 week ago Cold War nuclear bunker just ‘days away’ from falling into sea as it teeters on the edge of a cliff

The structure is clinging onto the cliff, with little of it left to support it

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1 week ago Nuclear bunker teetering on the edge of a cliff is 'days away' from falling into the sea

The brick building, found above Tunstall beach between Withernsea and Hornsea, on the East Yorkshire coast, was built around 100 yards from the cliff's edge in 1959.

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2 w. ago Nuclear bunker teeters on edge of  CLIFF and is ‘just a few days’ from falling into sea

A NUCLEAR bunker precariously perched on the edge of a cliff is just a "few days away" from falling into the sea. When the brick building in Tunstall on the East Yorkshire coast was built it sat one hundred yards from the water. Now the waves crash against the side of the underground building, thought...

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