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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A debris flow channel in a severely burned watershed in Idaho. Amirhossein Montazeri/Boise State University, CC BY-ND As the Los ...

FOR MANY REASONS WHILE THEY’RE BURNING, BUT SOME RISKS CAN LINGER FOR MONTHS, OR EVEN YEARS, AFTER THE FLAMES ARE EXTINGUISHED. GULSTAN: KCRA 3 METEOROLOGIST HEATHER WALDMAN SPOKE WITH A SCIENTIST ...

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 ...

As an intense storm moved through Southern California, a debris flow sent mud down Mulholland Drive in Hollywood Hills -- leading to a full closure of the roadway Thursday evening, authorities said.

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 ...

The May 19 report by Melinda Burns about a study of past debris flows in our area is a wake-up call. Debris flows are not rare, once in a millennium events, but they occur on an astoundingly frequent ...

The debris flow of Jan. 9, 2018 killed 23 people and damaged or destroyed 500 structures in Montecito. According to a new study based on the historical record, it was one of five massive debris flows ...