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At the local pub, The Lacon Arms, the lifeboat crew has set up what has dubbed “crisis HQ”.

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• Three homes on the cliff might be demolished "as soon as possible"
• They include one to the south and two to the north of the lifeboat station
• Chickens were rescued from a shed by the Hemsby Independent Lifeboat team just moments before the building collapsed onto the beach below
• A children's playhouse was the first casualty as high tide approached

We've heard a road is close to collapse. Our reporter Jon Ironmonger is on his way there and we will post updates as soon as we get them.

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Three homes on the cliff might be demolished "as soon as possible".

Daniel Hurd, the coxswain at Hemsby Lifeboat, external, said: "They are on the brink of collapse and possibly going into the sea so they want to get that hazard removed as soon as possible."

He said, however, those properties might end up washed away tonight.

Mr Hurd said other properties might also be affected.

"We don't know what's going to happen tonight," he said.

"We don't know if they're going to be at risk and possibly needing to be demolished as well."

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This stretch of the Norfolk coast has been fighting a long battle with coastal erosion.

Seven bungalows along The Marrams had to be demolished when sandy cliffs washed away in March 2018.

In December 2013, "the worst storm surge in 60 years", destroyed seven homes.

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Great Yarmouth Borough Council, external says it is supporting homeowners and assessing damage after high tides caused further erosion of dunes at Hemsby.

It said it was particularly concerned about three properties, one to the south and two to the north of the lifeboat station, due to their "proximity to the cliff edge".

The council said it had been a "changing situation" throughout the day following the high spring tides over the last 24 hours, and it was "too early" to say if any of the homes would have to be demolished.

Chief executive Sheila Oxtoby said: "It's very, very difficult and we are trying to be incredibly sensitive

"We are dealing with people at a very emotional time but everyone's been cooperative and we're trying to provide as much welfare support as well as dealing with the practicality of the situation."

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Alan Jones, second coxswain of the Hemsby Independent Lifeboat, said it was immensely upsetting watching the coastline disappearing like it is tonight.

"It is devastating," he says. "We've worked hard year after year putting the blocks in trying to protect what we can protect.

"We've tried our best and we've been asking for help. Where is the help coming from? Without the beach, there is no Hemsby."

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High tide has officially arrived at Hemsby.

Alan Jones, second coxswain of the Hemsby Independent Lifeboat, said: "It will sit in now for quite a long while. We are just monitoring the dunes here and a good one or two metres (3ft to 6ft) has just slid off."

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The chickens were rescued "just in time" after the shed they were in toppled into the sea, moments after they were saved.

Kevin Fenn, one of the lifeboat crew members who found the chickens, said: "We were walking along, checking the bungalows, as we were instructed to do, and we got to the end one and spotted the shed was hanging over the cliff.

"We went to observe what was in the cage and Stewie said 'I think there's some chickens in there' and we went and had a quick look and there were."

He said another 10 minutes and the birds would have been in the water as the shed fell over while they were there.

"We rescued them just in time," he said. "It's going to be a very busy night."

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A lifeboat crew made a last-minute dash to save two chickens from one of the cliff-top homes.

The crew from Hemsby Independent Lifeboat Station, external received a call that the two birds not been collected from one of the at-risk properties so they made a mad dash to rescue them.

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A children's playhouse has become the first casualty as high tide approaches.

Daniel Hurd, the coxswain at Hemsby Lifeboat, external, said the playhouse, which was attached to one of three properties and photographed earlier, was "on the land a little while ago" and had now been swept into the sea.

He said it was an ominous sign as it had not even reached high tide yet.

"We're hoping we're not going to get a major hit here but at the moment it's looking like we are going to, the tide is already in the gap area and it's not looking too great now," he said.

The popular seaside resort is about 21 miles (33km) east of Norwich and less than eight miles (12km) north of Great Yarmouth.

It is home to about 3,000 people and was once home to a Pontins holiday camp.

The beach has been closed since 25 February because of recent erosion.

It is understood up to three homes are currently at immediate risk.

Here is a selection of images taken by our reporters from the scene earlier today.

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A number of residents have left their homes as they are at risk of collapse.

The wooden properties at Hemsby are getting increasingly close to the edge.

Fire crews have been knocking on doors, urging anybody still in the affected properties to leave their homes.

High tide is due at 21:05 GMT, external, according to the Met Office, and there are fears the homes could fall into the sea.

The emergency services are working with officers from Great Yarmouth Borough Council, external at the scene.

Good evening

Welcome to our live coverage as fears grow that homes will fall into the sea at Hemsby.

High tide is at 21:05 and we will be bringing you live updates as events unfold.

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