California Emergency Workers Are Battling a New and Potentially Deadly Threat: Mudslides
We don’t need the storm necessarily to produce a high total amount of rainfall,” said Nina Oakley, a geohazards climatologist ...
New York Sun2d
From Flames to Floods: LA Faces Mudslide Threat as Rains Follow Wildfires
Clean-up crews rush to protect burn areas as storms bring risk of debris flows, forcing road and school closures ...
Rainy weekend prompts concerns of mudslides in LA County burn scars
Authorities started preparing the burn scars throughout Southern California, including Pacific Palisades and Altadena, with rain expected to hit LA County.
Los Angeles Daily News2d
Burn-scar areas avoid major incidents after rain, risk of hazards continue
In 2018, bursts of intense rainfall in burn-scar areas from the Thomas fire, which burned 281,893 acres in Ventura and Santa Barbara County, triggered a catastrophic mudslide in Montecito that ...
Santa Monica Daily Press7d
Once sought after rain now brings it’s own brand of danger to fire scorched Los Angeles
The coordinated response comes as officials remain mindful of the deadly 2018 Montecito mudslides, where 23 people died when rain on burned hillsides triggered massive debris flows that sent ...
LAist on MSN2d
Forecast for heaviest period of rain lasts until Monday afternoon. What we know about risks for mudslides
The area of biggest concern is around the Eaton Fire. Parts of Malibu and the Pacific Palisades should also be prepared.
Opinion: After the Los Angeles fires stop burning, another grave risk to lives and property looms
Mudslides and debris flows are a risk around Altadena, Pacific Palisades and other areas affected by the wildfires, which can ...