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 ...

As human-caused climate warming destabilizes high mountain regions, the threat of rock-ice avalanches and other glacial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A home that was severely damaged in the devastating 2018 Montecito debris flow. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) An atmospheric river ...

Colorado's dry landscape and steep terrain can create a threat for mudslides, more accurately described as debris flows, when ...

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 ...

When heavy rain hits burned hillslopes, it can set off dangerous floods and debris flows that can move with the speed of a freight train, picking up or destroying anything in their path. These debris ...

Debris flows are fast-moving and highly variable mixtures of soil, rock, water, and trees that can wreak havoc on downslope communities. Small debris lags behind larger particles, but it is not clear ...

"Our study proposes a new approach using a model to predict debris flow behavior before a fire occurs." A common misconception is that after a wildfire is contained, the danger is over. Sometimes, ...

The landslide that occurred in Blatten in the canton of Valais at the end of May 2025 and the one in the village of Brienz in Graubünden in June 2023 remind us of the potential for landslide hazards ...

In the early morning hours of January 9, 2018, intense rainfall loosened debris and mud in the Santa Ynez mountains, in Santa Barbara County, that had been torched by the Thomas Fire just months ...

The Los Angeles wildfires were still burning when scientists started scouting the freshly charred burn scars to search for signs of another danger that’s yet to come — roaring torrents of rock and mud ...