Videos have been posted online of mudslides causing chaos in Southern ... Related Articles Start your unlimited Newsweek trial ...

This week, an atmospheric river brought widespread rain up to several inches across the impacted area, contributing to "significant" flood risk and mudslides by inundating the burned area.

Mudslides are dangerous torrents that are usually referred to by geologists and first responders as debris flows. They have been particularly lethal in parts of California where landscape, climate ...

Check here to see if you're in the evacuation order zone. Mudslides have been reported in the Palisades Fire burn area. There was a small mudslide on Pacific Coast Highway at Las Flores Canyon ...

California has worked to add tools to protect against mudslides, including pinpointing hot spots, creating basins and placing nets to capture falling debris before it hits homes. California has ...