San Clemente buildings still in peril from tumbling cliff

California buildings still in peril from tumbling cliff

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say about two dozen people forced to flee Southern California apartment buildings that are teetering on the edge of a landslide may be evacuated indefinitely. Three apartment buildings and one nearby building were red-tagged and evacuated Wednesday when earth slid away from their backyards in coastal San Clemente in Orange County after torrential rains. On Thursday, the mayor said the ground is still movin…

California buildings still in peril from tumbling cliff

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) — About two dozen people forced to flee Southern California apartment buildings endangered by a tumbling oceanside hill may be evacuated indefinitely.

California buildings still in peril from tumbling cliff

Authorities said there was no timetable for declaring the slope stable enough for residents to return.

California buildings still in peril from tumbling cliff

Authorities said there was no timetable for declaring the slope stable enough for residents to return.

California buildings still in peril from tumbling cliff

Authorities said there was no timetable for declaring the slope stable enough for residents to return.

California buildings still in peril from tumbling cliff

Several dozen people to flee Southern California apartment buildings as earth slid away from their backyards were warned Thursday that they may be evacuated indefinitely. (March 16)