Residents of 18 beachfront homes in Wamberal on the Central Coast have been told to evacuate, their homes deemed unlivable after days of powerful surf caused erosion and damage to beaches. They say they've fought for decades to have a sea wall put in to avoid the damage they're currently facing. "It's just been a continual battle with the council who won't have any part of allowing that to take place." - Robert Hill - Resident Report in 7NEWS at 6pm. More: 7news.link/395JjfR #Wamberal #7NEWS | 7
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Residents of 18 beachfront homes in Wamberal on the Central Coast have been told to evacuate, their homes deemed unlivable after days of powerful surf caused erosion and damage to beaches. They say they've fought for decades to have a sea wall put in to avoid the damage they're currently facing. "It's just been a continual battle with the council who won't have any part of allowing that to take place." - Robert Hill - Resident Report in 7NEWS at 6pm. More: 7news.link/395JjfR #Wamberal #7NEWS | 7
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Wamberal Beach Erosion: The big swells that have pounded the New South Wales coast this week have caused a lot of damage. Following days of powerful surf barrelling towards beach-front properties, severe beach erosion is occurring at Wamberal. More Details: https://7news.link/2WsY2Mx #Wamberal #7NEWS | 7NEWS Sydney
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Wamberal Beach Erosion: The big swells that have pounded the New South Wales coast this week have caused a lot of damage. Following days of powerful surf barrelling towards beach-front properties, severe beach erosion is occurring at Wamberal. More Details: https://7news.link/2WsY2Mx #Wamberal #7NEWS | 7NEWS Sydney
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Wamberal Residents Asked to Evacuate Amid ‘Erosion Crisis’ on New South Wales Coast
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Wamberal Residents Asked to Evacuate Amid ‘Erosion Crisis’ on New South Wales Coast
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The big swells that have pounded the New South Wales coast this week have caused a lot of damage. Video from Wamberal shows severe erosion. It follows days of powerful surf barrelling towards beach-front properties. More Details: https://7news.link/2WsY2Mx #Wamberal #7NEWS | 7NEWS Sydney
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The big swells that have pounded the New South Wales coast this week have caused a lot of damage. Video from Wamberal shows severe erosion. It follows days of powerful surf barrelling towards beach-front properties. More Details: https://7news.link/2WsY2Mx #Wamberal #7NEWS | 7NEWS Sydney
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Wamberal Beach properties damaged by erosion (7 News)
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Wamberal Beach properties damaged by erosion (7 News)
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Erosion threatens beachfront homes on Wamberal Beach
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Erosion threatens beachfront homes on Wamberal Beach
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Drone footage shows the shocking level of coastal erosion on beachfront homes in Wamberal, Australia. 2 homes have already collapsed and 18 at-risk homes have been evacuated. | NowThis
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Drone footage shows the shocking level of coastal erosion on beachfront homes in Wamberal, Australia. 2 homes have already collapsed and 18 at-risk homes have been evacuated. | NowThis
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Wamberal Beach homes threated by coastal erosion
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Coastal erosion at Wamberal Beach on the NSW Central Coast
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Wamberal: Some Ocean View Drive residents have a final two hours today to vacate their homes after severe beach erosion damaged their homes. The multi-million dollar properties, on the verge of collapse, have now been deemed unliveable. "There is literally tens of millions of dollars of damage. And, who knows where this is going to finish" - Warren Hughes - Ocean View Drive Resident. Homeowners want the local council to be held responsible. More: 7news.link/395JjfR #Wamberal #7NEWS | 7NEWS Sydne
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Multi million dollar homes are in danger of falling into the ocean along the Wamberal coast line as waves wash away the beach. More Details: https://7news.link/2WsY2Mx #Wamberal #7NEWS | 7NEWS Sydney
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Wamberal Beach Erosion: Multi million dollar homes are in danger of falling into the ocean along the Wamberal coast line as waves wash away the beach. Home owner Leon Nikolaidis says the Central Coast Council's beach erosion management has concerned local residents. More Details: https://7news.link/2WsY2Mx #Wamberal #7NEWS | 7NEWS Sydney
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Wamberal: Two waterfront homes crumbled overnight after the NSW coast was pounded by huge waves - and it looks like they won't be the last with another high tide fast approaching. More: 7news.link/395JjfR #Wamberal #7NEWS | 7NEWS Sydney
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WAMBY WOES: A year on from the “2020 storm” and solutions to address Wamberal’s erosion issues are progressing, with the Seawall Advisory Taskforce currently looking at a long-term solution. However community groups are calling on Central Coast Council to look at addressing the area’s historic asbestos problems in the process. It’s a similar story at The Entrance North, minus the asbestos - with dozens of properties at risk of falling into the ocean despite emergency works being carried out ther
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Erosion threatens $400 million worth of Wamberal homes, infrastructure
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Coastal erosion disaster: 50 years in the making
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The race is on to save more than 60 homes as monster waves washed away parts of the shore at Wamberal on the Central Coast. More Details: https://7news.link/2WsY2Mx #Wamberal #7NEWS | 7NEWS Sydney
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🌊 HAVE YOUR SAY: EROSION: THE ENTRANCE NORTH & WAMBERAL Looking back at the timeline of the erosion saga at Wamberal and The Entrance North, both beaches suffered heavily during the 2020 storms, when homes were left teetering on the edge and metres of land were stripped away overnight. Emergency works were carried out in the weeks that followed, but beyond that, there’s been little to no long-term solution. Now, five years on, we’re seeing works finally on the ground at The Entrance North, whil
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Wamberal erosion crisis continues - NBN News
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Coastal homes teeter after barrage of violent waves | 9 News Australia
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🌊 WAMBERAL EROSION AND LAND & ENVIRONMENT COURT UPDATE & COUNCILLOR IN CRIMINAL COURT Interesting developments have emerged in the ongoing Wamberal Beach legal battle in the Land and Environment Court. Meanwhile, Councillor Corinne Lamont and her husband Mark Lamont are due to front criminal court tomorrow over assault charges, and erosion solutions are set to be tabled at the next Council meeting again. State government reports indicate a publick risk with unstable banks/dunes. Yet the beach a
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Coastal erosion batters homes at The Entrance North and Wamberal - NBN News
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Wamberal: Two Ocean View Drive homes have partially collapsed during high tide overnight. Police went door to door to evacuate residents as wild weather left many homes on the edge. Beachfront houses have been hammered by waves for days, washing backyards away. Residents are furious and say it could have been avoided. More Details: https://7news.link/2WsY2Mx #Wamberal #7NEWS | 7NEWS Sydney
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Residents in more than a dozen homes being eaten away by big seas in Wamberal have been told to evacuate. They're angry with the local council who they say did nothing to safeguard against erosion for two decades. More: 7news.link/395JjfR #Wamberal #7NEWS | 7NEWS Sydney
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Fresh erosion concerns at Wamberal and North Entrance - NBN News
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Wild winds and damaging surf batter the Central Coast | ABC NEWS
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Wild winds and big surf batter the Central Coast
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