There are an increasing number of homes in southern California now at risk of slipping into the ocean, according to New study by Nassa Researchers.
An analysis of radar images at the Space Agency revealed that during a four -week period in the fall of 2024, a 4 -inch of 4 -inch of the Palos Ferdes Peninsula in Los Angeles fell 4 inches per week.
The research proves what many residents of Rancho Balos Verdes are the coastal of the coastal city: The land in their neighborhood is so fasting that it threatens the presence of society.
Newsweek He contacted Rancho Verdees City officials and NASA’s jeta payment laboratory (JPL) to comment via email on Friday morning, outside the standard working hours.
Why do it matter
Last year, the landslides in the chaos in Rancho Palos Verdes caused Los Angeles Province, causing irreparable damage to many homes and sending parts of them to the ocean. Although the unstable land problem in the region is not new, this phenomenon has been greatly accelerated in recent years, as has now demonstrated the new NASA analysis.
Several population was cut off from vital facilities last year for large amounts of time, as energy companies fear that the landslide has made it unsafe continuing to provide gas and electricity in certain areas. The struggles of the population are likely to multiply in the future, as the emergency appears to be bound to escalate.
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What do you know
Parts of the Balos Verdes Peninsula have been affected by a slow -moving ground collapse over the past six decades at least, according to NASA researchers. However, last year, this movement expanded and accelerated Because of the standard rains In southern California in 2023 and heavy rains in early 2024.
Between September 18 and October 17, 2024, the Verdes Palmer Verdes slipped at about 4 inches per week.
Using data from four flights from the artificial aperture of the NASAr air vehicle (UAVSAR), the laboratory produced a map showing the landslide movement in the region. Dark red colored areas indicate a faster arbitrary movement; The stocks represent the direction of the horizontal movement; White lines show the limits of the active ground collapse area as defined in California’s geological survey in 2007.
This is a frightening data for the residents of Rancho Palos Verdes: Last year, officials warned that more than 100 homes in society were at risk of slipping into the ocean.
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In some positive news, the terrestrial collapse slowed since the time of NASA analysis. According to Rancho Palos Verdes officials, the latest data shows that the average movement of the entire landslide complex has slowed 3 percent since early December 2024.
“The landslide of the Portuguese curve has reached a fixed state of movement since the end of October, while the points of the ENON Coff Earth and the highest compound compound are a little slowdown,” According to city officials.
What people say
Alexander Handuirger, the world of land collapse JPL who performed the last NASA analysis, said: “We see that the imprint of lands suffering from significant effects has expanded, and that the speed is more than sufficient to put human life and infrastructure at risk.”
In a statement: “The city hopes that this trend will be with water and winter disposal measures and continues to urge government agencies and federal agencies to support these efforts financially.”
What happens after that
Last year, the governor of California Gavin New No. He announced the state of emergency in Rancho Balos Verdes After closing the authority. On February 4, the city council extended 60 days In landslide areas.
Last October, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and California Emergency Services Office revealed a 42 million dollar purchase program for home owners in the city where the landslides are affected.
According to the program, the requests that have been closed since then have been closed, the city of Rancho Palos Ferrades has provided homeowners 75 percent of their property value. According to Laist, the city received 85 requests.
In the latest updates, the city authorities said they expect to be able to make purchases for 23 properties. City officials said among these acquisitions, which is expected to be 15 “red marks” and eight for “yellow real estate.”
