US EditionFire-ravaged Los Angeles braces for landslides as atmospheric river brings heavy rain to California
- Southern California is preparing for its most significant storm in over a year, raising fears of life-threatening debris flows in areas affected by recent wildfires, according to meteorologist Ariel Cohen from the National Weather Service in Los Angeles.
- Evacuation warnings have been issued for areas near the Lake Fire burn scar in Santa Barbara County, as stated by the Sheriff’s office.
- Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced that over 7,500 feet of concrete barriers and more than 6,500 sandbags have been deployed in anticipation of debris flows.
- The storm is expected to bring 1 to 3 inches of rain in the Los Angeles basin, with totals approaching 6 inches in the mountains, according to the Weather Prediction Center.
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Alludes of land and debris blocked important road arteries around Los Angeles, after heavy rains reached the regions affected by forest fires last month.Read more]]>
Roads were cut off on Friday by mud flows around Los Angeles, devastated last month by fires, after the area was hit the previous day by its strongest storm of winter. ...
After Heavy Rains, Debris Flows Hit Southern California Community Scarred by Fire
SIERRA MADRE, Calif.—Residents of a Southern California mountain community near the Eaton Fire burn scar dug out of roads submerged in sludge Friday after the strongest storm of the year swept through the area, unleashing debris flows and muddy messes in several neighborhoods recently torched by wildfires. Dry weather returned to the region but the risk of rock and mudslides on wildfire-scarred hillsides continued Friday since dangerous slides c…
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Los Angeles fire zones hit by mudslides after heavy rain
LOS ANGELES, 15 Feb — Mudslides blocked roads around Los Angeles yesterday after heavy rain pounded areas burned by last month’s wildfires, sending denuded hillsides tumbling. Parts of Los Angeles got as much as 7 centimetres of rain in a day, leaving areas flooded and burn scars in Pacific Palisades and Altadena strewn with fire debris and rubble. The Pacific Coast Highway — a once picturesque road where multi-million dollar properties were raz…
After heavy rains, mudslides hit Southern California community scarred by fire
Residents of a Southern California mountain community near the Eaton Fire burn scar were digging out of roads submerged in sludge Friday after the strongest storm of the year swept through the area, unleashing debris flows.
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