When hills are healthy, vegetation can anchor the soil in place. But when that is burned off, hillsides become vulnerable to erosion, and slopes can come crashing down.

In 2024, much of the world focused on rising air temperatures, but something similar was boiling beneath the waves.

Rain on burned hillslopes can trigger dangerous floods and debris flows. Those debris flows can move with the speed of a ...

Areas scarred by the Eaton Fire are at “high to very high risk” of debris flows this week. How do they happen? What is being done to prepare for storms?

Two significant storms are hitting two different parts of the country at the same time as a frenzied weather pattern shows no ...

Light rain rolled through the area earlier this morning. Don't be surprised to see a dusting of snow on local mountain ranges leftover by the weak system that passed through. A stronger storm system ...

Ahead of an incoming storm, state and federal leaders visited the Eaton and Palisades burn scar areas as rainfall brings threats of mudslides and flooding. On Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom visited ...

"La Nina is a major factor behind the current dry conditions in southern China," said Gu Wei, a researcher at the center. "It ...