According to experts, land movement in Rancho Palos Verdes continues to accelerate. As a result, roads and homes continue to crack and sink.
On Friday, FOX 11 exclusively joined Alpha Structural to view the land movement up close in a neighborhood near Portuguese Bend."You have to think to yourself, this isn’t real," said Damien Hammond, from Alpha Structural. "That’s how I feel here. I feel like I’m on a movie set, but in reality, this is 25 peoples’ homes."Drone video from the Alpha Structural team shows essentially a giant crack cutting through the neighborhood.
"In the last week it’s gotten so bad, they’re actually packing up and moving, along with the house across the street," said Hammond.Within the last year or so, experts believe some areas have dropped more than 12 feet. Recently, experts have said the land is moving about 12 inches per week."It’s possible that the unusual wet weather we’ve had in the last couple years is contributing to it, but it’s also possible it’s kind of a cycle over time," said Demers.
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