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Cohesion and the stuff moves. >> reporter: is this an example of man versus nature? have we built on stuff we didn't understand? >> yes, absolutely. back in the 1930s and '40s when they were platting this in the 1950s and 1960s, people weren't think being this. >> reporter: resident karen mccoy certainly wasn't when she moved in a few months ago. >> i thought of it as a huge, huge wave crashing against a cement wall and it was just really strong. >> reporter: it cut off the main road to her house. she finally climbed through a dirt trail at night to get her cat. >> she's a little freaked out r...

Hundreds of feet. the grass of this backyard dangling on the edge above an impromptu cliffside that took out one house and cut off 17 others. daniel garcia lives -- or lived -- here. his house tagged yellow means it's possible it could go tumbling. >> kind seems like the best interest to go. >> reporter: so you want to get out of here? >> i wouldn't -- i'd rather not but the situation kind of dictates. >> reporter: this large landslide in washington state is a 1 in 100 or 200 year event says geologist harry swanson. >> just beyond the cliff here. you don't want to get too close. so the entire ...

Dangling on the edge above an impromptu cliff side that took out one house and cut off 17 others. daniel garcia lives -- or lived -- here. his house tagged yellow means it's possible it could go tumbling. >> kind of seems like the best interest to go. >> so you want to get out of here. >> i'd rather not, but the situation kind of dictates. >> reporter: this sort of large landslide in washington state is a one in 100 or 200 year event says geologist terry swan son. >> just beyond the cliff here, don't want to get too close, so the entire road, this whole section here about 600 to 800 feet of it...

Sick to work. a deal is expected to be reached requiring all companies with 20 or more workers must provide paid time off. it would take effect in april of next year if it gets final approval from city council. it is incredible, this land here, it is still moving near the homes perched precariously among the cliff of washington state. this is the view in whidbey island. a landslide like this happens once every 100 or 200 years. no one is saying for sure exactly what triggered one this week, but here's this. >> when you get lots of water, the water pressure can push the sand grains apart and ...

Says geologist harry swanson. >> just beyond the cliff here. so the entire road, this whole section here, about 600, 00 feet of it has been completely rotated. >> reporter: swanson said scientists knew this was coming but couldn't predict exactly when. >> when you get lots of water, the water pressure can push the sand grains apart, and then there's no cohesion and the stuff moves. >> reporter: and is this an example of man versus nature? have we built on stuff we just didn't understand? >> yes, absolutely. back in the 1930s and '40s when they were plotting this in 1950s, even the 1960s, peopl...