Eight homes evacuated as earth slides away in Newport

A landslide just north of downtown Newport has caused the evacuation of eight homes. Fire crews shut off power on Sunday and said Monday that more homes could be threatened. The hill behind three homes at Longview Hills Mobile Home Park in Northeast Newport gave way, leaving a massive hole roughly 50 feet deep and a hundred feet wide. Two homes are dangling over the edge and a third is close to doing so if the hillside gives way any more.