I don't think there is anything that can feasibly be done to prevent a post-fire debris flow from occurring. A lot of work has gone into investigating different methods of slope stabilization to ...

In a landslide, masses of rock, earth or debris move down a slope. Debris and mud flows are rivers of rock, earth and other debris saturated with water. They develop when water rapidly accumulates ...

and you live on a steep slope, maybe that's the day you go get a hotel room down the road or stay with a friend because they happen really quickly.” “The threat of debris flows is always a ...

“Debris flows, sometimes referred to as mudslides ... which Bauer said can be used to predict where future slope failures might occur. “If we know where they’ve happened before, they ...

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. Watersheds with gentle ...

driving up the steep slope as far as possible before turning around and going back downhill, when they were caught and partially buried by the debris. One of them deployed their avalanche airbag.

Though wildfires around Los Angeles are contained, foothill communities remain at risk of debris flows. Heavy rain could trigger dangerous mudslides in burn areas like Altadena and Pasadena.

Heavy rain pounded the Los Angeles area early Thursday, bringing a threat of flooding and debris flows to spots impacted by wildfires.

A debris flow channel in a severely burned watershed in Idaho. Amirhossein Montazeri/Boise State University, CC BY-ND ...

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. Watersheds with gentle slopes – ...