Post-fire mudslide problems aren’t new and likely to get worse
- Written by Lee MacDonald, Professor of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University
As many as 20 people are dead and dozens missing following the Southern California mudslides.AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez
Several weeks after a series of wildfires blackened nearly 500 square miles in Southern California, a large winter storm rolled in from the Pacific. In most places the rainfall was welcomed and did not cause any major flooding...
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