The mountaintop highway will remain fully closed between Coldwater Canyon Avenue on the east and Deep Canyon Drive on the west until city workers can assess the situation.
LOS ANGELES — A mud and debris flow Tuesday morning prompted the evacuation of a hilltop home in the Beverly Crest area and the closure of Mulholland Drive.
The problem was reported about 8:35 a.m. on the 13100 block of Mulholland Drive, according to Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department.Storm to bring more rain and snow but less chaos to Southern California Humphrey said one of several terraced retaining walls on a one-third-acre residential property gave way, causing mud to “cascade downhill” onto Mulholland Drive.
“As the damaged retaining wall was 50 feet downhill from the residence, the home was not directly damaged,” Humphrey said. “As a precaution, an elder male resident and his caretaker have been calmly evacuated from the premises, and are temporarily staying with a neighbor.” The area has seen strong rainstorm activity in the past few days, but Humphrey said the fire department cannot determine the specific cause of the debris flow.“Because the debris flow is threatening a power pole and mud remains on Mulholland Drive, that mountaintop thoroughfare will remain fully closed between Coldwater Canyon Avenue on the east and Deep Canyon Drive on the west until L.A. city agencies can comprehensively assess and address the situation,” officials said.
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