Rolling Hills Estates expected to declare state of emergency as investigation continues into cause of destructive landslide
Rolling Hills Estates officials are expected to declare a state of emergency as a the investigation continues into the cause of a slow-moving landslide that has destroyed 10 homes.Rolling Hills Estates officials are expected to declare a state of emergency on Tuesday as the investigation continues into the cause of a slow-moving landslide that has resulted in a dozen homes being deemed uninhabitable.
The land began noticeably shifting on Saturday, resulting in the urgent evacuation of residents. No injuries were reported.An estimate of the cost of the catastrophic damage was still being calculated. "We think after it's all settled, a good geologist and soil expert maybe will give us a clue about how this happened and if there's any way of preventing it from happening on some other hillside,'' she said.Some neighbors have speculated that the landslide was possibly due to a significant water leak, noting that one resident had recently received a water bill of about $1,000.
"We are in a pretty affluent area," said Weber Yen, whose house was destroyed. "Most of us are either Asians or old people, so we don't raise voices. I wish these authorities -- county officials and state authorities -- would know that, look, this is a drastic loss."
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