California’s drought has also helped fuel major wildfires in recent years, and post-wildfire slopes are especially susceptible to mudslides.

The record rainfall in California has soaked its steep hillsides, causing hundreds of landslides and heightening the threat to communities. So far the state has not seen another tragedy like the on… ...

The record rainfall in California has soaked its steep hillsides, causing hundreds of landslides and heightening the threat to communities.

Montecito suffered a devastating mudslide in 2018. Now the community has rallied to try to make sure the same thing will never happen again.

Forecasters are concerned the storm could bring mudslides in and near areas scorched by the Palisades and Eaton fires.

California Governor Gavin Newsom wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday: "Crews are working right now to guard against possible debris flows and mudslides in Southern California.

This round of flooding and mudslides in California was brought on by an atmospheric river, which is a long, narrow plume of moisture carried from the tropics by wind.

Recent wildfires have left Southern California with "burn scars," making the region vulnerable to mudslides. Much of the Los Angeles vegetation that holds the topsoil in place has recently been ...

Mudslides are dangerous torrents that are usually referred to by geologists and first responders as debris flows. They have been particularly lethal in parts of California where landscape, climate ...

This round of flooding and mudslides in California was brought on by an atmospheric river, which is a long, narrow plume of moisture carried from the tropics by wind.

California Governor Gavin Newsom wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday: "Crews are working right now to guard against possible debris flows and mudslides in Southern California.