The owner of a house in north-west Sydney that partially fell into a 6 metre-deep hole during a landslide says it felt 'like an earthquake'.
A home on the Hawkesbury River north-west of Sydney has partially fallen into a 6 metre-deep hole during a landslide, after flooding inundated the area in the past week.The NSW State Emergency Service has cordoned off the areaPart of one room and the roof of the timber house in Richmond Lowlands was ripped away when the ground gave way about 10am Monday.
The State Emergency Service has cordoned off the area, which is about 100m long and is about the size of the damaged house.Mike said there was no one living in the house at the time, but that he was keen to stop the hole expanding and swallowing the home entirely.
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