Heavy Rains in California Leave Backyard Pool Perched on Cliff Edge

Heavy Rains in California Leave Backyard Pool Perched on Cliff Edge
A backyard pool is left hanging on a cliffside after torrential rain brought havoc on the beachfront town of San Clemente, Calif., on March 16, 2023. Mike Blake/Reuters
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SAN CLEMENTE, California—As heavy rains soaked into already sodden ground in California, mudslides in the beachfront community of San Clemente forced evacuations of blufftop homes this week and in one case left a swimming pool dangling partway off the cliff edge.

Drone visuals showed a large chunk of the backyard taken out by the mudslide. Patio furniture and plant pots are strewn along the long drop down to the bluff’s bottom.