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What are the most vulnerable areas and what can be done to protect them?

California has seen hundreds of landslides this month. But the factors that make the state so vulnerable to landslides go well beyond the atmospheric rivers that have inundated the state.

The record rainfall in California has soaked its steep hillsides, causing hundreds of landslides and heightening the threat to communities

What are the most vulnerable areas and what can be done to protect them?

Relentless storms from a series of atmospheric rivers have saturated the steep mountains and bald hillsides of California this month. Here's a look at why the state is prone to mudslides and which areas are most vulnerable.

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/explainer-tackling-threat-of-mudslides-in-soaked-california/"></div>SAN DIEGO (AP) — Relentless storms from a series of atmospheric rivers have saturated the steep mountains and bald hillsides scarred from wildfires along much of California’s long coastline, causing hundreds of landslides this month. So far the debris has mostly blocked roads and highways and has not harmed communities a...

California has seen hundreds of landslides this month. But the factors that make the state so vulnerable to landslides go well beyond the atmospheric rivers that have inundated the state.

What are the most vulnerable areas and what can be done to protect them?

California has seen hundreds of landslides this month. But the factors that make the state so vulnerable to landslides go well beyond the atmospheric rivers that have inundated the state.

What are the most vulnerable areas and what can be done to protect them?