Palisades, Eaton Fire areas will face evacuation orders and warnings over mudslide risks
With a storm bringing a risk of mudslides and debris flows, some areas of Los Angeles recently burned by wildfires will face ...
Planetizen9d
Don't Cement Our Future: Rethinking LA’s Landscape After Fire (and Floods)
A call for regenerative approaches to rebuilding that work with nature rather than against it.
Wired1mon
California’s Problem Now Isn’t Fire—It’s Rain
The rain arrives months overdue and will bring ... just by nature of the steep landscape, propensity for fire, and occurrence of powerful Pacific storms,” says Hugh Safford, a research fire ...
Rain on wildfire burn scars can trigger destructive debris flows − a geologist explains how
Rain on burned hillslopes can trigger dangerous floods and debris flows. Those debris flows can move with the speed of a freight train, picking up or destroying anything in their path. They can move ...
Orange County Register19d
What is ‘home hardening’? Fire-resistant walls, roofs, windows and landscaping
Rain gutters: Fire-resistant gutters are made from metal ... around the perimeter to keep embers from collecting underneath. Landscaping: Reduce flammable materials and vegetation within 100 ...
Rain, snow offer hope in Japan's worst wildfire in 50 years
Japan battled its worst wildfire in half a century on Wednesday in a region hit by record-low rainfall, as wet weather gave ...