EXPLAINER: Tackling Threat of Mudslides in Soaked California
Relentless storms from a series of atmospheric rivers have saturated the steep mountains and bald hillsides scarred from wildfires along much of California's...
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Relentless storms from a series of atmospheric rivers have saturated the steep mountains and bald hillsides scarred from wildfires along much of California's...
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. So far the state has not seen another tragedy like
The risk has been exacerbated with hillsides left barren by wildfires and drought making the land unable to absorb so much water.
The record rainfall in California has soaked its steep hillsides, causing hundreds of landslides and heightening the threat to communities.