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DANA POINT, Calif. (KABC) — Coastal homeowners in Orange County are using whatever they can to protect their properties as high surf and relentless tides threaten homes already damaged by previous storms.
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Some homes in Dana Point are on the verge of collapsing into the sea. In one of the hardest-hit coastal neighborhoods, sidewalks were buckling and falling into the water on Monday morning amid high tides from the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel.
Homeowners are anxiously waiting to see whether their properties will be taken out by the ongoing swells and high tides.
The neighborhood was already reeling from another storm last month, which led officials to red-tag eight homes. Two homes were demolished.
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Capistrano Beach resident Lauri Torres fears her home could be next.
“I came home, and on the 9th, we came in, and our deck was starting to cave,” Torres said. “And then I went to the neighbors two doors down and saw their entire deck was off. And I saw their deck the first day that it was off, the second day, their house fell. I mean, it happened that fast.”
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Torres noted that the homes are built on sand, leaving them especially vulnerable to erosion.
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“Our homes are on sand, and so, our slab is just straight on sand. So what happens is, the water is eroding the sand so quickly, and the house fell overnight,” Torres said. “We couldn’t believe it! Because it was like, ‘This is reality now.’”
Many of the homes carry historic and emotional value because they have been passed down through generations, Torres said. One neighbor said his grandmother built a home in the neighborhood in the 1950s, but it is now gone.
The storm’s impact extends beyond Dana Point. Laguna Beach activated its emergency operations center, while The Wedge and city piers in Newport Beach remained closed.