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30-04-2023, 03:24 PM
April 29, 2023
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) — A landslide in Southern California has closed a historic cultural center, shut down rail service in the area and forced the evacuation of nearby residences, officials said.
The slope below the ocean-view terrace at Casa Romantica and Cultural Center and Gardens in San Clemente dropped about 20 feet (about 6 meters) on Thursday after several days of minor earth movement
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Four residential units in an adjacent building were initially red-tagged as unsafe and then overnight all 24 units were evacuated because the hillside continued to move
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Falling debris halted rail service on shoreline tracks at the base of the cliff
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Train service was only recently restored after months of stabilizing repairs along a stretch of track in south San Clemente. The tracks were shifting due to storm surge and sand erosion on the ocean side and a gradually sliding hillside on the other
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“We’ve had so much rain, unprecedented amounts of rain in the last several months, that these hillsides are very unstable,” Katrina Foley, a member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, told KABC-TV.
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About a half-mile up the coast, residents of three clifftop apartment buildings and one nearby building in San Clemente fled their homes in mid-March when the land began to shift and slide away from their backyards.
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“This is unfortunately becoming recurring for us,” Duncan said.
More than a dozen atmospheric rivers hit California this past winter, causing widespread damage. The threat of flooding continues as the massive mountain snowpack left by the storms begins to melt.
https://apnews.com/article/san-clemente-...93d4c70871
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) — A landslide in Southern California has closed a historic cultural center, shut down rail service in the area and forced the evacuation of nearby residences, officials said.
The slope below the ocean-view terrace at Casa Romantica and Cultural Center and Gardens in San Clemente dropped about 20 feet (about 6 meters) on Thursday after several days of minor earth movement
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Four residential units in an adjacent building were initially red-tagged as unsafe and then overnight all 24 units were evacuated because the hillside continued to move
......
Falling debris halted rail service on shoreline tracks at the base of the cliff
......
Train service was only recently restored after months of stabilizing repairs along a stretch of track in south San Clemente. The tracks were shifting due to storm surge and sand erosion on the ocean side and a gradually sliding hillside on the other
......
“We’ve had so much rain, unprecedented amounts of rain in the last several months, that these hillsides are very unstable,” Katrina Foley, a member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, told KABC-TV.
......
About a half-mile up the coast, residents of three clifftop apartment buildings and one nearby building in San Clemente fled their homes in mid-March when the land began to shift and slide away from their backyards.
......
“This is unfortunately becoming recurring for us,” Duncan said.
More than a dozen atmospheric rivers hit California this past winter, causing widespread damage. The threat of flooding continues as the massive mountain snowpack left by the storms begins to melt.
https://apnews.com/article/san-clemente-...93d4c70871
