The West has been hammered with several atmospheric rivers in recent weeks, so it’s important to know terms such as debris flow. Debris flows are incredibly dangerous to life and property and occur ...

After a wildfire, the danger continues, especially during torrential rain that can set off fast-moving landslides known as debris flows. By Amy Graff Amy Graff is a San Francisco-based reporter on The ...

An unusually strong storm system has reached Southern California, raising fears that the rain could unleash a threat that has been lingering in the burn scars of wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles ...

Storms now pounding Southern California are raising the specter of more danger for residents — debris flows in areas already reeling from devastating fires. Debris flows are like mudslides, except ...

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An atmospheric river forecasters say is likely to be the strongest in nearly a year is set to unleash rain across Southern California this week, heightening concerns of damaging debris flows in areas ...

Mickelson is walking through the Bolt Creek burn scar. The fire started in September of 2022 and burned just shy of 15,000 acres north of Highway 2 in Washington, about halfway between Seattle and ...

The Los Angeles wildfires were still burning when scientists started scouting the freshly charred burn scars to search for signs of another danger that’s yet to come — roaring torrents of rock and mud ...