$2.5 million California mansion owner says he’s ‘checking every hour’ as his home teeters on the edge of plunging off a cliff into the ocean after being hit by the Pineapple Express storm

The resident of a cliff house in California faces the reality that his backyard could fall off a cliff any day now.

Alan Ashavi, 66, says he grows more nervous every day he walks his property, which earlier this month fell victim to the atmospheric rivers raining down on California.

Last year, some of Ashavi’s San Clemente neighbors saw their backyards collapse into the ocean as the soil beneath them eroded.

Ashavi avoided the same fate last rainy season, but this year he was not so lucky.

Earlier this month, an atmospheric river caused a landslide under his million-dollar property that has set his pool teetering on the brink of collapse.

An aerial view of a residual pool at the edge of a hillside landslide caused by heavy rains that caused four ocean-view apartment buildings to be evacuated and closed due to unstable conditions on March 16, 2023 in San Clemente, California

Aerial photos showing the aftermath of rock collapse after extreme weather in Southern California, threatening multi-million dollar homes

Earlier this month, an atmospheric river caused a landslide under his million-dollar property that has set his pool teetering on the brink of collapse.

“You deal with it on a daily basis and you come in here and check every day or hourly sometimes,” Ashavi told Reuters, calling the ordeal “nerve-wracking.”

“I know this is an El Nino year as far as the rains, so I’ve had that in the back of my mind to be involved in the construction,” he added.

For the past two months, storms have hit California with heavy rainfall and incredibly strong winds.

The weather system they were part of was dubbed the Pineapple Express. That ultimately prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom to declare a state of emergency in eight counties, affecting more than 20 million residents.

Flash flood warnings were issued at various times for parts of Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties — where mudslides have increasingly become a danger over the past decade.

Luxury homes have been left on the brink of collapse as cliff-side homeowners watch their neighbors lose terraces falling into the sea.

A professor at the University of California at Irvine says the erosion could soon move inland in a meaningful way.

“We have these atmospheric rivers coming from the oceans, the rain falls here on these hills, and then the hills start eroding as well,” said climate change professor Kathleen Treseder.

“And then not only do we have this erosion right here from the waves, but we also have erosion inland caused by the rainfall.

“We have many, many multi-million dollar homes along this coast that will fall into the ocean,” she said.

A professor at the University of California at Irvine says the erosion could soon move inland in a meaningful way

San Clemente, Calif. – Aerial photos showing the aftermath of rock collapse after extreme weather in Southern California threatened multi-million dollar homes earlier this month

“We have many, many multi-million dollar homes along this coast that will fall into the ocean,” said a UCI professor

Landslides along oceanfront bluffs in San Clemente have recently closed the city’s beach trails.

Stairs leading down to the coastal path at Dije Court, El Portal and Lasuens Beach were added to the list of closed access points this month due to continued instability in the area.

Engineers continue to assess and reassess the structural integrity of coastal properties after each storm.