LOS ANGELES — Light rain fell on parts of the Southland on Wednesday, beginning two days of anticipated precipitation which is expected to douse the region but will likely be too sparse to trigger ...

Here are the heartbreaking final words of a teenage girl who endured 60 hours being trapped in volcanic mudflow for 60 hours before passing away. On 13 November, 1985 Colombia would be shaken to ...

Experts say it is only a matter of time until Mount Rainier, one of the most dangerous volcanos in the US, unleashes itself upon the Pacific Northwest. This huge, active stratovolcano looms over ...

The small-town part of the story is based on a place where my mother grew up. I was familiar with the geography there but then I create Drumbán, where it’s all a bit dark and silly. Séamus ...

In large swaths of Los Angeles, Ventura and Orange counties scarred by fires, thousands of residents were on edge through Thursday night as the heaviest storm of the season hit.

Residents in the San Gabriel Valley near the Eaton Fire burn scar are cleaning up after the storm brought a mudflow from a mountainside into homes and neighborhoods. KTLA's Chris Wolfe reports ...

Mudslides blocked roads around Los Angeles on Friday after heavy rain pounded areas burned by last month's wildfires, sending denuded hillsides tumbling. Parts of Los Angeles got as much as 2.8 ...

(The Center Square) – With winter rains entering full swing, California leaders are preparing fire-damaged communities against the threat of landslides by prepositioning emergency teams and equipment, ...

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The frequency of mudflow disasters induced by rainfall in the Loess Plateau is increasing with the occurrence of global warming. The initial water content is one of the basic properties of soil, which ...

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