A landslide forced me from my home – and I experienced our failure to deal with climate change at first hand

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A landslide forced me from my home – and I experienced our failure to deal with climate change at first hand

The author and her neighbours now find themselves on the edge of a cliff. Ralitsa HitevaOne stormy evening in February 2024, I heard the sickening sound of trees breaking just beyond my garden in the town of Hastings on England’s south coast. Heading outside to investigate, I soon found cracks opening up in the ground near our property’s border with the Old Roar Gill – a narrow valley containing ancient woodlands, a stream and much wildlife, pla…