FOR MANY REASONS WHILE THEY’RE BURNING, BUT SOME RISKS CAN LINGER FOR MONTHS, OR EVEN YEARS, AFTER THE FLAMES ARE EXTINGUISHED. GULSTAN: KCRA 3 METEOROLOGIST HEATHER WALDMAN SPOKE WITH A SCIENTIST ...

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National Weather forecasters are advising of heavy rains this week in our region trigger by an atmospheric river system moving from the Pacific Ocean into Oregon and Washington. Flooding, Landslide ...

Mickelson is walking through the Bolt Creek burn scar. The fire started in September of 2022 and burned just shy of 15,000 acres north of Highway 2 in Washington, about halfway between Seattle and ...

The May 19 report by Melinda Burns about a study of past debris flows in our area is a wake-up call. Debris flows are not rare, once in a millennium events, but they occur on an astoundingly frequent ...

Storms now pounding Southern California are raising the specter of more danger for residents — debris flows in areas already reeling from devastating fires. Debris flows are like mudslides, except ...

An atmospheric river forecasters say is likely to be the strongest in nearly a year is set to unleash rain across Southern California this week, heightening concerns of damaging debris flows in areas ...

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As an intense storm moved through Southern California, a debris flow sent mud down Mulholland Drive in Hollywood Hills -- leading to a full closure of the roadway Thursday evening, authorities said.