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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 ...
California’s building code is among the toughest in the United States [60]. California requires all homes in high risk areas to use materials that are less likely to burn [59]. In the Palisades neighborhood, most homes were built in the 1950s and 1960s and didn't follow the California building code [59].
The Santa Anas are katabatic winds (Greek for "flowing downhill") arising in higher altitudes and blowing down towards sea level. [7] The National Weather Service defines Santa Ana winds as "a weather condition [in southern California] in which strong, hot, dust-bearing winds descend to the Pacific Coast around Los Angeles from inland desert regions".
More than 120,000 homes in California are without power going into Tuesday afternoon local time, according to PowerOutage.us. Officials are warning residents to stay away from the downed ...
Meanwhile, the Border 2 fire that broke out on Thursday in San Diego County is just 10 percent contained and has already blazed through more than 6,000 acres. Flash flood watch in effect in LA County
The high winds were also caused by a series of events. Over the Great Basin, which is located in Nevada and Idaho, the air was very cold and heavy (high pressure). A very strong low pressure system was approaching the northwest coast of California. A mercury reading of 0.10 inHg (3.4 hPa)of pressure gradient force (difference of pressure ...
In a coastal Southern California city where multimillion-dollar estates teeter above the Pacific Ocean, power remained intentionally severed Tuesday to about 245 homes as worsening landslides have ...
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