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Damage from a landslide on SR 84 in Woodside, CA. On March 11, 2023, In Woodside, SR 84 (La Honda Road) between Portola Road/Woodside Road and SR 35 (Skyline Boulevard) was closed indefinitely due to damage from a landslide, [39] resulting in the road buckling and leaving behind large cracks. [40] Submerged railroad tracks in Novato
It is estimated that the landslides damaged nearly 50 homes and depressed property values. [29] In 1978, residents noticed cracks on Palos Verdes Drive South, and the upper part of the slide may have started to shift. [28] [29] That same year, the city restricted building new homes in the areas impacted by the landslides, "Landslide Moratorium ...
December 31, 2022 – March 25, 2023 – Periods of heavy rainfall caused by multiple atmospheric rivers in California between December 31, 2022, and March 25, 2023, resulted in floods that affected parts of Southern California, the California Central Coast, Northern California and Nevada.
An ongoing crisis stemming from a widening landslide is threatening multimillion-dollar homes in the Southern California city of Rancho Palos Verdes. Residents in the growing landslide zone, which ...
A major landslide continues to threaten more homes in Rolling Hills Estates, southern California, after 12 were destroyed when the hillside gave way and began sliding into the canyon below on ...
California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency in a Los Angeles suburb after officials announced they’d be cutting power to the area due to the threat of ongoing landslides.
Since the 1960s, when it was known as the California Division of Mines and Geology, CGS has produced many maps that depict landslide features and potential slope-failure areas. CGS products have included geologic maps and reports for land-use planning, landslide hazard identification maps, watershed maps, and earthquake-triggered landslide-zone ...
Landslides are of course a global phenomenon, and scientists are identifying climate change-fueled landslide risks across the world. Cyclone Gabriel in New Zealand triggered more than 140,000 ...