“Metrolink staff continue to proactively inspect the tracks and monitor the area,” he said. Metrolink responded by placing about 1,645 tons of rip rap, or large boulders, the following week to stabilize the track and ensure a safe railroad, according to Scott Johnson, Metrolink’s director of communications. 9, when tropical storm Kay came roaring into the region and created big swells that combined with high tides, sending a surge of water to batter vulnerable areas.
The first sign of railroad movement was spotted Friday, Sept. The area, near the private community of Cyprus Shores, now gets slammed by waves after years of sand loss and erosion swept away the beach buffer between the ocean and land, creating a vulnerable point in the rail system authorities are keeping a close eye on. A storm surge that hit the region recently caused damage to a railroad line in southern San Clemente, the same section that had to close a year ago when battered by storms that prompted a landslide and track movement.
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