As the Los Angeles area begins cleaning up from devastating wildfires, city officials and emergency managers are worried about what could come next. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood ...

Public works crews in Los Angeles County have been clearing debris basins and storm drains, and handing out sandbags to residents ahead of the most intense periods of rain from a powerful mid-February ...

The Los Angeles wildfires were still burning when scientists started scouting the freshly charred burn scars to search for signs of another danger that’s yet to come — roaring torrents of rock and mud ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. An unusually strong storm system has reached Southern California, raising fears that the rain could unleash a threat ...

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More than 7,500 feet of concrete barriers and more than 6,500 sandbags have been deployed to areas burned in the Palisades Fire in case of debris flows, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced Tuesday.

“There is now a high risk for a life-threatening debris flow,” according to a NWS statement. As a result, a Flash Flood Warning was issued for both burn scars until 8 p.m. Said heavy rain also ...

A powerful storm was hitting Southern California Thursday. The second of two atmospheric-river-fueled storms to hit Southern California this week is moving faster than originally anticipated but is ...

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