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General Category => National/Breaking News => Weather => Topic started by: libertybele on December 10, 2022, 10:28:43 pm
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Concerns of ‘more landslides’ in Southern California after portion of cliff collapses onto beach
No injuries were reported after part of a cliff collapsed onto a beach Friday in coastal Palos Verdes Estates in Los Angeles County, the Southern California city said in a statement.
The landslide, at 10 a.m. local time, forced the closure of the beach and comes as an atmospheric river event – or a plume of moisture streaming in from the Pacific Ocean – is expected to bring heavy rain up and down the West Coast over the weekend.
The potent storm system could mean more danger in the area in the coming days, geologist Pat Abbott told CNN affiliate KCBS-TV
Sea levels are rising, gravity is pulling, and now when you talk about heavy rains coming in this week, might that be a danger? Oh definitely. That’s going to add to the problem,” Abbott said.
Abbott told the station a big landslide is typically followed by “a lot more landslides.” His advice to locals: “Back off.”
KCBS-TV footage showed part of the hillside crumbling onto the beach, unleashing a massive dust cloud as rocks and debris pushed a pickup truck across the sand. The pickup was unoccupied. At least one home was evacuated, the station reported. .............
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/10/us/california-landslide-palos-verdes-estates/index.html
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File this under 'So what else is new?' As long as I can remember and long before I was born. here is a report from 8/29/1944 when it was called the Roosevelt Highway. https://calisphere.org/item/a0b1f361d394f137334f6e71933c64c4/
Since it's opening in 1937:
The steep topography, active faults, diverse geology, and seasonal storms combine to make the rugged Big Sur area one of the most landslide-prone stretches of the California coast.[57] As a result, the California Department of Transportation has had to make many repairs to the road. Highway 1 has been closed on more than 55 occasions due to damage from landslides, mudslides, erosion, and fire.[
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Sur_Coast_Highway#:~:text=As%20a%20result%2C%20the%20California,mudslides%2C%20erosion%2C%20and%20fire.