Chances for showers could be moving in as early as this afternoon, but Sunday seems to be the earliest window for real rain.

Another record-breaking day of heat is expected for the western slope today. Today will be sunny and hot with a high of ...

Both landslides and debris flows can be deadly. At least 20 people were killed when mudslides sent walls of debris as tall as 30 feet into Montecito, California, in 2018. On average, 25 to 50 ...

A lot of work has gone into investigating different methods of slope stabilization to decrease runoff and sediment production, but as far as I know, they have not been effective or scalable enough to ...

A debris flow, also known as a "mudflow" or "mudslide" is defined by the conservation department as a fast-moving mass of material, slurries of water, rock, soil, vegetation, and even boulders and ...

In the case of the San Gabriel Mountains, debris flows are a scenario that’s been explored many times, none so closely as in John McPhee’s 1989 book, “The Control of Nature,” in which he ...

Some of the triggers of debris flows are literally part of the landscape. For example, the slope angle in a watershed and the amount of clay in the soil are important.

If a blaze burns hot enough, it can create a water-repellent surface. On a steep slope, that then acts as a chute for the next downpour. Do Camarillo hillsides face damaging debris flows?

Debris flow risk: The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch for late Thursday, with the greatest risks in areas burned by the Eaton, Palisades, Franklin, and Bridge fires.

The La Conchita mountainside collapsed in January 2005 and nearly three dozen homes were buried in a mudslide/debris flow that took only eight seconds to occur. Voice Your Opinion!