Posted on 07/11/2023 9:07:58 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
A dozen homes have been evacuated in Rolling Hills Estates, California, after the ground shifted, causing extensive damage, city and Los Angeles County officials said.
Twelve homes were red-tagged as of Monday night, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said on Twitter, noting 10 were “actively moving.” Sixteen residents had been displaced, and the fire department is monitoring another 16.
The incident has been unfolding since Saturday, with footage from CNN affiliate KCAL showing homes crumbling on the hillside, the structures buckling as the earth gives way. And there’s no clear indication when the ground movement might end.
“They’ve moved almost 20 feet since last night, and homes that I saw last night are now gone,” L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn said Monday, according to KCAL.
“They have already fallen into the ravine,” Hahn, whose district includes Rolling Hills Estates, said of the affected homes Monday on Instagram. “We’ve got back decks that are gone. We’ve got roofs that are at eye level with the driveway. I’ve never seen anything like it. They’re completely uninhabitable.”
Officials learned of the “significant land movement” along Peartree Lane on Saturday, according to an update on the city’s website. Rolling Hills Estates is a largely residential city on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, just west of Long Beach and about 30 miles south of Los Angeles.
Fire department units have been on the scene since 1:30 p.m. that day, when they identified cracks or the beginning of cracks in the foundations of 12 homes, Chief Anthony Marone of L.A. County Fire said at a news conference Monday. Since then, Marone said, 10 homes “have been lost.”
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Aptly Named Estates.
“Rolling Hills Estates, “
well not unexpected with that name
Beat me by FIVE SECONDS. ;-)
“Behind the gates”, as we used to say. This is a VERY wealthy neighborhood with a guard at the front entrance 24/7 and you must be on the list in order to drive in.
OMG!!!! This has NEVER EVER happened in that part of L.A. County EVER before!!!!! /sarc
It’s basically a dirt glacier. Having driven it several times long ago, I can say that they don’t actually repair the road, but rather, they build a parallel road, which slides into place as they’re building it.
But are the homeless okay? Oh wait!
I’ve got to think the insurance premiums on those hillside homes are astronomical.
Freaks and elites hardest hit.
I wonder if these residents took the shot.
A story about a natural disaster and the words ‘climate change’ aren’t in the title or story—is this fake news /sarc.
-PJ
There is “Rolling Hills” and “Rolling Hills Estates”. They are incorporated cities right next to each other. The former is the gated city. The latter is not, although there could be a gated community or two within it, I guess.
I’ve ever been inside Rolling Hills, but RHE has shopping areas I visit, and my preferred movie theater. It is a horse-friendly community, with bridal trails along main roads.
Looks like that may not have been a suitable building site?
Rolling Hills Estates has among the highest percentage Republican precincts in LA County.
“Crumbling Cliffs Community”
LOL!
Don’t complain about your life!
There are people actually living in California!
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