California Faces Mudslide Threat From Flooding Rains After Wildfires
Weeks after wildfires that killed at least 29 people and destroyed entire neighborhoods, Southern California is facing ...
Rain and snow finally break SoCal’s relentless dryness that fueled unprecedented fires
The heaviest rainfall has slowed across Southern California. While the storm caused some mudslide and flooding issues, ...
Rain moves through Southern California, dousing fires but without causing serious mudslides
Rain has mostly moved out of Southern California after the first significant storm of the season brought weekend downpours ...
KEYT29d
‘Raising Our Light’ Event marks seven years since Montecito Debris Flow
MONTECITO, Calif. – Thursday, January 9th marks the 7th year anniversary of the Montecito Mudslides and Debris Flow. 23 people lost their lives back in 2018, after mud and boulders plowed down ...
CBS News5d
SoCal Edison customers to cover $1.6 billion in Thomas Fire settlement costs, state officials say
The Thomas Fire burned down more than 1,000 structures, including homes, before the deadly Montecito mudslides weeks later in January 2018 destroyed more than 100 homes. The California Governor's ...
Hosted on MSN22d
LA's Rising Risk: The Threat of Post-Wildfire Mudslides
The loss of vegetation leaves mountain slopes vulnerable to heavy rains, potentially resulting in life-threatening mud flows, similar to the 2018 Montecito mudslides that claimed 23 lives.
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.
heraldsun.com.au13d
LA to finally receive rain this month but it brings the threat of toxic mudslides
On Wednesday the Hughes fire erupted near Castaic Lake. Residents struggle in the aftermath of the 2018 Montecito mudslides. Picture: AFP In 2018 the community of Montecito, which Prince Harry and ...
LAist17d
With fires coming under control, LA preps for mudslides
Why it matters: Two people died because of the Thomas Fire, which burned through Santa Barbara County in late 2017. But the mudslides that followed killed 23 people in the town of Montecito and ...
ABC 10 News23d
Why officials say there is a significant risk of mudslides in LA, after fires
Abbot says that is what happened in Montecito in 2018, after the Thomas fire. 23 people died in the mudslides. "All we need once the fires are out, are heavy rains to saturate those soils.
Los Angeles Daily News9d
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 ...