Heavy Rains in California Leave Backyard Pool Perched on Cliff Edge

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.
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)
The West Coast is getting pounded by a usually wet season following two decades of drought, creating havoc on roads and endangering houses along the coastline in southern California’s Orange County….