Desperate plans are being drawn up to save a row of £1million clifftop homes from toppling into the North Sea.
Coastal erosion in the up-market seaside village of Thorpeness in Suffolk is getting worse by the day despite attempts to shore up the sandy cliffs to protect more than a dozen properties from the waves.
Drones are now being used to monitor the crumbling cliffs as long-term plans are made to deal with concerns about 'accelerated' erosion but there are fears that as many as a dozen houses will have to demolished or simply abandoned to the waves.
The local council has launched a survey to decide how to help the worried residents decide what to do - and to prepare the tiny community for the worst.
One of the most at-risk properties is home to 88-year-old Jean Flick who fears her 100-year-old cliff-top home will vanish within a year.
