Australian storms: Sydney mansions swallowed by the sea
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Houses
on Sydney northern beaches have been swept into the sea. Photo /
Damian Shaw/ Daily Mail Australia
NZ Herald,
6 June, 2016
Houses in Sydney's northern beaches copped a battering, as huge seas swept away the yards of multi-million dollar beachfront homes.
6 June, 2016
Houses in Sydney's northern beaches copped a battering, as huge seas swept away the yards of multi-million dollar beachfront homes.
Up to 10-15 metres of
waterfront land washed away as residents returned to their homes to
assess the damage after being evacuated.
In total seven homes and
a unit block were evacuated as eight metre waves battered the coast.
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The massive storm and
huge swells have knocked parts of these houses and a pool halfway
into the ocean. Photo / Damian Shaw/ Daily Mail Australia
"One of the
properties along that strip actually lost an entire in-ground pool
which had moved above five metres out to sea," Inspector Jason
Reimer told the ABC.
One resident detailed
the destruction to her property.
"Within three hours
we had a garden that was just totally destroyed - gone," a
woman told Network Seven as she looked at her home from police tape.
She described how the
east coast low combined with a king tide as the water got "closer
and closer".
"I never thought it
would be this bad," she said.
A combination of the
tide, the storm and the direction of the wind meant the beachside
homes were the target.
A number of sinkholes
have now opened up along the coastline threatening homes of more
damage and collapse.
Emergency
crews are currently on site trying to save the beachfront properties.
One
resident told the ABC: "There is no beach at Collaroy," he
said.
"I
wouldn't be calling it Collaroy Beach anymore, I'd be calling it
Collaroy Point."
The
high tides, fanned by the weekend's monster storm, have eroded huge
swathes of Narrabeen and Collaroy beaches, with some properties
losing up to five metres of their properties.
Parts
of Beach Club Collaroy also collapsed into the sea as the huge swell
smashed the Sydney coastline.
One
Collaroy resident, Matt Kemp, posted footage of the carnage, which
shows a pool washing into the ocean.
"I also saw power poles, wheelie bins and roofs and heaps of garden furniture washing past," Mr Kemp wrote on Facebook.
"Pretty
crazy. No rain for ages and then whoosh, have a bit of that!!!"
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