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 warnings — and mandatory evacuation orders for some specific addresses — in areas ...
Chance of strong atmospheric river storm grows, as does risk of mudslides in L.A. burn scars
There is now a 30% chance of intense rain between Feb. 12 and 15 in Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo ...
LA flash flood watch: Rain on wildfire burn scars can trigger destructive debris flows − a geologist explains how
Rain on burned hillslopes can trigger dangerous floods and debris flows. Those debris flows can move with the speed of a ...
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 ...
Crushed by boulders, drowned in mud: How debris flows endanger LA’s fire-ravaged communities
As a principal engineer for the county’s Public Works Department, Klippel’s job is to try to stop catastrophic flows of mud, ...
How incoming rain creates new dangers for recently burned areas of L.A.
An approaching atmospheric river will provide relief after a remarkably dry year, but it will also heighten the risk of ...
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Heavy rains prompt evacuation warnings for burned LA neighborhoods
The biggest winter storm to hit Southern California so far this season has increased the risk of mudslides and debris flows ...
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Wildfire burn scars could trigger another natural disaster in Southern California
Wildfires can decimate thousands of acres in a matter of hours, laying waste to huge swaths of land and destroying virtually everything in their path. However, when the flames are extinguished and the ...
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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 ...
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Wildfire burn scars could trigger another natural disaster in Southern California
A torrent of mud, rocks and water surged down the mountainside and through Montecito, California, a town outside of the Thomas Fire burn scar. This catastrophic event obliterated hundreds of homes ...
Mariposa stays busy as locals prepare for rain
MARIPOSA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Life doesn't slow down for the rain in Mariposa downtown was as busy as ever Tuesday afternoon. Even as people went about their normal day they stayed prepared for ...