According to geologist Mike Phipps, in the Portuguese Bend area, there's a landslide that's almost twice as deep as what had been modeled.
The city of Rancho Palos Verdes is dealing with more land movement from a larger slide plane than what was previously reported, the city's geologist said.
"If you look at all the data as a whole, the landslide, as a whole, has actually decelerated 1%," said Phipps. "But there are areas, some areas have accelerated up to 13% and some areas have decelerated up to 13%. But overall, it's a 1% deceleration.", generally, movement on the north and west ends of the landslide complex is slowing down, while movement at the south end continues to accelerate.
"Most of them are actually staying in their homes, trying to ride this out, literally," said Cruikshank. "Trying to find ways to convert from what they once used, gas to heat water and their food, to now using electricity or propane." Earlier this month, Cruikshank asked Elon Musk to help homeowners in the landslide area affected by the gas shutoffs and potential electricity shutoffs.
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