Love Island star Liam Reardon has been forced to evacuate his home after a massive sinkhole swallowed his front garden in south Wales.

The 25-year-old was having breakfast with his dad and sister when the 'front wall and gates disappeared' into the massive 50ft cavity, which first appeared right outside homes in Merthyr Tydfil on Sunday, December 1.

Around 300 homes at Nant Morlais were evacuated earlier after a culvert - a structure which allows water to flow under roads and railways - collapsed.

Residents, who have been forced into hotels and Airbnbs, were allowed to return to their properties to retrieve clothing and other items on Monday.

It is believed the collapse was caused by heavy rain from Storm Bert which also resulted in two landslides.

Speaking on the podcast he fronts with girlfriend Millie, who he met on the ITV reality show, Liam described how the crater had started out as a 'small sinkhole' and 'progressively got worse and worse'. 

But on Sunday morning, the driveway started 'falling away' as the family were eating breakfast and were quickly told to evacuate the house as fast as possible.

Liam said he and his family are 'virtually homeless' as they are unable to return to the house, which has now been emptied and may have to be knocked down. 

Liam said on Liam and Millie podcast: 'I still can't believe it myself. We recently sold our family home and moved into this home a few months ago. We have been renting. We have a massive 60ft sinkhole on our driveway.

'The day before I had driven over that area where the sinkhole appeared about 11am. The tarmac hadn't broken at that point. 

'Got a call at 2pm that afternoon to say there was a small sinkhole at the end of our drive. From there it got worse and worse.

'We were in the house on Sunday morning having breakfast then all of a sudden our front gate and wall disappeared.

'You could hear the thumping of the road disappearing. I was having a cup of coffee, my yoghurt and eggs and everyone was shouting at us to get out. We had to pack a case and just get out.'

He added: 'We can't go back to the house. It has been emptied and apparently it is going to be knocked down. We park our cars where the whole appeared.. Thankfully no-one was injured. We need to find a home to move into now.'

Liam said that they are staying in an Airbnb while they work out where they are going to move to.

Millie said that her friends thought she was winding them up when she told them that it was in front of Liam's house.

Liam and Millie won the seventh series of Love Island in 2021 and had a year-long relationship before briefly splitting in July 2022. 

But they have since reconciled and have been going from strength to strength, with Millie recently admitting that she is ready to take their relationship to the next level.  

The 27-year-old has openly 'hinted' she is ready for Liam to pop the question and has already 'showed' him the style of engagement ring she would like.

Speaking exclusively to MailOnline in June, she said: 'He's the one in control of proposing and I've gave a little hint and showed him a ring that I would like. 

'Not that it means he'll do it any time soon but I thought better he knows now so when he does decide to, in the future, he knows what ring I like.

'He also knows what I would like proposal-wise as well, so where it would be and stuff'. 

Millie went onto say that the couple have been much happier in their relationship since 'doing long distance'.    

She said: 'It's amazing, he lives in Wales now and I'm in Essex so we're doing long distance but it's actually working really well. 

'We managed to get that time together where I'll come down to Wales for a week, he'll come down to Essex, and it's almost like it's working because the time that we have apart we can crack on with work and solely focus on that.

'Then when we're together we really look after our relationship and actually spend quality time together.'

The reality star admitted the pair 'struggled' with balancing a relationship as well as fame after first coming off Love Island, but despite splitting for a short period of time they 'always knew they wanted to be together'.