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Days later, on March 10, a subsequent debris flow from a canyon to the northwest damaged five additional houses in the northwestern part of La Conchita. [2] The dimensions of the slides were approximately 120 meters (390 feet) wide, 330 meters (1,080 ft) long, and 30 meters (98 ft) deep.
USGS Image of debris flow from 1995 Landslide. The village of La Conchita is along a portion of the coast prone to mudslides, and sits beneath a geologically unstable formation. In 1909, a devastating mudslide occurred approximately one-half mile north of the town, and in 2005 slides closed Highway 101 in both directions, trapping residents.
Parts of Burbank and Sun Valley, previously affected by the La Tuna Fire in 2017, received four inches (100 mm) of rain and were evacuated ahead of potential mudslides. A debris flow into a residential area of Sun Valley damaged 40 to 45 homes and carried a vehicle that struck a natural gas pipeline, which began to leak. [37]
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The analysis is used to identify the factors ... The Manang-Braga rock avalanche/debris flow may have formed Marsyangdi ... 2005 La Conchita landslide ...
La Conchita, California, United States 2005 La Conchita landslide: 200,000 m 3: 10 Remobilization of colluvium from 1995 slide into a debris flow. [125] 17 Feb 2006 Southern Leyte, Philippines: 2006 Southern Leyte mudslide: 15 MCM 1,126 Rock-debris avalanche triggered by ten-day period of heavy rain [135] 3 Jun 2007
Description: "Debris flow is a very rapid to extremely rapid flow of saturated non-plastic debris in a steep channel" (Hungr et al.,2001) Speed: very rapid to extremely rapid (>5 m/s) Type of slope: angle 20–45 degrees. Control factor: torrent sediments, water flows. Causes: High intensity rainfall
Debris flow channel with deposits left after 2010 storms in Ladakh, NW Indian Himalaya. Coarse bouldery levees form the channel sides. Poorly sorted rocks lie on the channel floor. Debris flow in Saint-Julien-Mont-Denis, France, July 2013 Scars formed by debris flow in Ventura, greater Los Angeles during the winter of 1983. The photograph was ...