Follow Hull Live on Facebook - Like our Facebook page to get the latest news in your feed and join in the lively discussions in the comments. .css-8h1dth-Link{font-family:ReithSans,Helvetica,Arial,freesans,sans-serif;font-weight:700;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;color:#FFFFFF;}.css-8h1dth-Link:hover,.css-8h1dth-Link:focus{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}Read about our approach to external linking. Last modified on Sun 19 Jan 2020 21.00 GMT. Whether you are interested in traffic updates, parenting issues or the latest crime news, we have a group for you. It can be seen from cell shading in the table how exceptional cliff recession – that is, a hotspot – has migrated southwards along the coast, at roughly half a kilometre per year, over a five year period. Click here to follow Hull Live on Instagram. For the original erosion map, see: all cliff loss data (menu). Both flows would move together, one partially overriding the other. The period 2003 to 2019 (17 years) produces an overall average erosion rate of 1.43 metres per year for the entire coastline. In 1999, GPS (Global Positioning System) technology was introduced, and readings began at some new locations. East Yorkshire erosion-threat coastal homes spark cash plea. Environment Agency calls for urgent action to protect country from river and coastal floods. EasyJet 'hanging by a thread', says union official, Lebanon's PM-designate Adib fails to form new government after blast, Information about BBC links to other news sites. data summary The relative softness of the clay and high rates of loss for the East Yorkshire coast offers some textbook examples of the terminal groyne effect. He said the council had "limited" financial support to help residents cover the cost of demolishing their properties - which can cost between £15,000 and £40,000 - but they continued to ask the government for funding. 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Not far from the Spurn National Nature Reserve, the effects of coastal erosion can already be seen. Parts of the 52-mile east Yorkshire coast are disappearing much faster than forecast. Holiday chalets abandoned due to coastal erosion wait to be demolished or taken by the sea in the village of Withernsea in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Hornsea and Withernsea are shown on the map as the third and fourth places that are most likely to be eroded over time. “The’ve lost their home and the legal responsibility is on them – they don’t have that sort of money,” she said. It’s going to accelerate. Our daily newsletter - To get the latest headlines direct to your email inbox every day, click here. The glacial body grew and expanded laterally, extending as far as the chalk cliffs, where the higher ground stopped a further spread of ice. Increased erosion occurring downdrift of a protective installation is a product of the terminal groyne effect, in turn a result of longshore drift. Geologists refer to material deposited in this way as till, once called boulder clay. Kilnsea (Godwin Battery), Links to old maps: Loss of communities along the south Holderness edge of the Humber can be attributed to a series of estuarine inundations during the fourteenth century. At current erosion rates, and with no other influences, the sea will reach the former cliffs of chalk in about 10,000 years. Skipsea Withow Mere An interactive map shows two areas in our region that are at risk, Sign up to the Hull Live newsletter for daily updates and breaking news. Some degree of caution is called for when proposing an average rate of erosion. East Yorkshire councillors bemoan lack of national guidance and funding, Josh Halliday North of England correspondent, Sun 19 Jan 2020 13.49 GMT