The Brief
- An evacuation warning is in effect in an area of Guerneville.
- A house in the neighborhood hangs precariously on the cliffside.
- This site is just downstream from the bridge where an entire home collapsed into the Russian River.
GUERNEVILLE, Calif. – A hillside neighborhood in south Guerneville is hoping they will not be forced to evacuate because of a large house that could crash down on several others or experience a major landslide. Guerneville’s Neeley Road and River Lane area is under an evacuation warning due to the risk of a landslide and tree falls.
Hanging from a hillside
This single, unoccupied home hangs precariously on a steep hillside, which it has done since Monday morning. There was a retaining wall and a parking spot construction going on at the time just below the home, as well as some tree removals.
May Maye lives right across the street. “I just heard ‘boom’ and actually, the next-door neighbor called me and told me, ‘Hey, the house is falling down,’ said Maye.
What has happened here has changed the environment. Take a look. The house is no longer sitting on the strong foundation that it once did.…