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Landslide damages Sherman Oaks neighborhood after hillside collapses
Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles
An overnight landslide damaged the backyard of a home and other properties below and hillside Wednesday in Sherman Oaks.
Firefighters responded at about 3 a.m. to the neighborhood in the 3000 block of North Ventura Canyon Avenue, where part of a hillside gave way and started sliding toward at least three homes.
Video from NewsChopper4 showed part of a hillside that gave way behind a home perched above several other residences. The slide left a gap between two sections of pavement around the home's backyard pool and next to a tennis court.
Firefighters said it's not clear what triggered the slide. Late winter rainfall left hillsides around Southern California saturated and prone to slides.
Firefighters responded at about 3 a.m. to the neighborhood in the 3000 block of North Ventura Canyon Avenue, where part of a hillside gave way and started sliding toward at least three homes.
Video from NewsChopper4 showed part of a hillside that gave way behind a home perched above several other residences. The slide left a gap between two sections of pavement around the home's backyard pool and next to a tennis court.
Firefighters said it's not clear what triggered the slide. Late winter rainfall left hillsides around Southern California saturated and prone to slides.
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/sherman-oaks-home-damaged-by-overnight-landslide/3362201/