DoomsdaysCW<p>Risk rises for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mudslides" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mudslides</span></a> around <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LACounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LACounty</span></a> fire zones; prepare for worst-case scenario, officials warn<br /> <br />Alene Tchekmedyian, Rong-Gong Lin II, Melody Gutierrez, LA Times<br />January 26, 2025 </p><p>"With more rain on the way, officials warned Sunday of an increasing risk of mudslides in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LosAngelesCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LosAngelesCounty</span></a>'s burn areas, with a 10% to 20% chance of significant <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FlashFlooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FlashFlooding</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DebrisFlows" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DebrisFlows</span></a> capable of damaging roads and homes in and around areas devastated by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wildfires</span></a>.</p><p>"'This is the worst-case scenario to prepare for,' said Kristan Lund, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard.</p><p>"'We do have increasing concern for the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BurnScars" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BurnScars</span></a>,' Lund said. The charred footprint of the Eaton fire, which blackened more than 14,000 acres, is the most worrisome. 'These <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FlashFloods" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FlashFloods</span></a> and these debris flows could happen in and near or below these burn scars.'</p><p>"A <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FloodWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FloodWatch</span></a> took effect at 10 a.m. Sunday and was set to continue through 4 p.m. Monday for the burned areas of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EatonFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EatonFire</span></a> in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Altadena" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Altadena</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pasadena" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pasadena</span></a> areas; the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PalisadesFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PalisadesFire</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FranklinFires" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FranklinFires</span></a> in the Pacific Palisades and Malibu areas; the Hughes fire around Lake Castaic; and the Bridge fire in the San Gabriel Mountains west and southwest of Wrightwood. The flood watch started six hours earlier than originally anticipated as rain began falling steadily around Los Angeles."</p><p>Read more:<br /><a href="https://www.aol.com/news/risk-rises-mudslides-around-l-170323295.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aol.com/news/risk-rises-mudsli</span><span class="invisible">des-around-l-170323295.html</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CaliforniaFires" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CaliforniaFires</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BurnScar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BurnScar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FlashFloodWarning" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FlashFloodWarning</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FloodDanger" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FloodDanger</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mudslides" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mudslides</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CaliforniaWx" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CaliforniaWx</span></a></p>
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DoomsdaysCW<p>How wildfires leave communities vulnerable to flooding, mudslides for years</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wildfires</span></a> of every size leave behind something known as a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BurnScar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BurnScar</span></a>, or the area of land charred by flames and left devoid of vegetation.</p><p>By Brian Lada</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Flooding</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DebrisFlows" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DebrisFlows</span></a> can happen with little warning in burn scars and most commonly occur during a heavy thunderstorm or major <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rainstorm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rainstorm</span></a>.</p><p>"'Rainfall that would normally be absorbed will run off extremely quickly after a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wildfire</span></a>, as burned soil can be as water repellent as pavement. As a result, much less rainfall [than normal] is required to produce a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FlashFlood" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FlashFlood</span></a>,' The National Weather Service (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NWS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NWS</span></a>) said." </p><p>Read more:<br /><a href="https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/how-wildfires-leave-communities-vulnerable-to-flooding-mudslides-for-years/432537#google_vignette" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">accuweather.com/en/weather-new</span><span class="invisible">s/how-wildfires-leave-communities-vulnerable-to-flooding-mudslides-for-years/432537#google_vignette</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CaliforniaFires" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CaliforniaFires</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BurnScars" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BurnScars</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FloodDanger" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FloodDanger</span></a></p>
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