FILE PIX of Birling Gap, Sussex, UK in the run up to today's dramatic March 2014. High tide washes away the previous rockfalls and starts all over again cutting away at the cliff baseLarge chunks are crashing into the surf and more cracks appearThe combination of high tides, storms, strong Southerly winds and record rainfall is causing erosion at a rate never seen before on the Sussex least a metre has been lost in the last 24 hours, the end cottage is now being undercut David Burr/Alamy Live News


Birling Gap, East Sussex, March tide washes away the previous rockfalls and starts all over again cutting away at the cliff base. Large chunks are crashing into the surf and more cracks appear. The combination of high tides, storms, strong Southerly winds and record rainfall is causing erosion at a rate never seen before on the Sussex least a metre has been lost in the last 24 hours, the end cottage is now being undercut . David Burr/Alamy Live News


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Location: Birling Gap, East Sussex, UK
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