Crushed by boulders, drowned in mud: How debris flows endanger LA’s fire-ravaged communities
Areas scarred by the Eaton Fire are at “high to very high risk” of debris flows this week. How do they happen? What is being ...
New data shows Pacific Palisades, Altadena face heightened mudslide risk as storm pounds fire zones
Over the three-day storm, L.A. County's burn areas are expected to receive several inches of rain. How fast the rain falls ...
LA flash flood watch: Rain on wildfire burn scars can trigger destructive debris flows − a geologist explains how
As the Los Angeles area begins cleaning up from devastating wildfires, city officials and emergency managers are worried ...
L.A. prepares for debris flows, slides in major rainstorm expected this week
Southern California faces a risk of damaging debris flows this week, as a potentially strong atmospheric river is set to ...
What causes mudslides, and what can be done to lessen the danger?
Mudslides are dangerous torrents that are usually referred to by geologists and first responders as debris flows. They have ...
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Heavy Rain Expected Thursday with Chance of Flooding, Debris Flows in Santa Barbara County
More rain is on the way for Santa Barbara County after some light showers Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Thursday is ...
Santa Monica Daily Press3d
Crushed by boulders, drowned in mud: How debris flows endanger LA’s fire-ravaged communities
The most recent devastation was in 2018, when a debris flow in Montecito after the Thomas Fire killed 23 people, many of them drowned in waves of mud or crushed by debris. In the areas scarred by ...
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What causes mudslides, and what can be done to lessen the danger?
And on Christmas Day in 2003, rain over fire-scarred mountains unleashed a debris ... that flows out of the canyons, according to experts. They’re also costly — Santa Barbara County spent ...
Santa Barbara Independent6d
Crushed by Boulders, Drowned in Mud: How Debris Flows Endanger L.A.’s Fire-Ravaged Communities
Southern California has a history of such catastrophic events. The most recent devastation was in 2018, when a debris flow in Montecito after the Thomas Fire killed 23 people, many of them drowned in ...