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In 1934 a storm over the Southern California mountains unleashed runoff so intense that 30 people were killed, more than 480 homes were destroyed and a nearly 60-ton (54-metric ton) boulder was ...
The California Department of Transportation on Monday announced closures in Topanga Canyon, cautioning drivers that “the recent fires increased risk of mudslides, flash floods and debris flows.”
The 2017 California wildfire season was at the time the most destructive in California's history, with approximately 9,133 wildfires that burned over 1.3 million acres (5,300 km 2) and killed 46 people. [7] At the beginning of December, the Santa Ana winds fanned wildfires across southern California, which were fueled by a lack of rainfall ...
A powerful storm system has drenched parts of California, leaving at least three people dead, knocking out power and prompting dangerous mudslides and rivers of debris stretching across neighborhoods.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department warned residents that mudslides can happen without warning and can quickly cause catastrophic damage, sweeping away people, vehicles, and structures.
Love Creek is remembered because of the landslide in 1982. Quoted from, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey USGS Premiers Documentary Film on "Landslide Danger in the Bay Area" 2/20/2007: "In January 1982 a single, catastrophic rainstorm triggered 18,000 landslides throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
Mudslides, drowned highways, upended homes: Scenes from Southern California's atmospheric river Angie Orellana Hernandez, Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Nathan Solis, Melissa Gomez, Hailey Branson-Potts ...
Less than 7,000 people across California are without power as of Tuesday (Getty Images) Mudslide damages roadside fence in Los Angeles Tuesday 20 February 2024 15:40 , Katie Hawkinson