Debris flows
Read on . . . to learn more about the likelihood of debris flows in L.A.'s burn areas and lessons learned from Montecito's ...
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 ...
Los Angeles Times7d
New data shows Pacific Palisades, Altadena face heightened mudslide risk as storm pounds fire zones
One of the worst debris flows in modern California history occurred when a river of mud and rock flowed through Montecito in January 2018, killing 23 people and destroying at least 130 homes.
Storm bringing risk of mudslides, debris flows to trigger evacuation warnings in LA burn scars
With heavy rain bringing the risk of dangerous debris flows, the Los Angeles Fire Department has announced evacuation ...
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Crushed by boulders, drowned in mud: How debris flows endanger LA’s fire-ravaged communities
The most recent devastation was in 2018, after the Thomas Fire. A debris flow in Montecito killed 23 people, many of them drowned in waves of mud or crushed by debris. In the areas scarred by the ...
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’s Next For Southern California Burn Scars? Debris Flows
“Recent research shows that debris flows almost always happen in Southern California after wildfires, and given that there ...
Newsday7d
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 Independent8d
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 ...