DoomsdaysCW<p>Risk rises for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mudslides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mudslides</span></a> around <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LACounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LACounty</span></a> fire zones; prepare for worst-case scenario, officials warn<br> <br>Alene Tchekmedyian, Rong-Gong Lin II, Melody Gutierrez, LA Times<br>January 26, 2025 </p><p>"With more rain on the way, officials warned Sunday of an increasing risk of mudslides in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LosAngelesCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngelesCounty</span></a>'s burn areas, with a 10% to 20% chance of significant <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FlashFlooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlashFlooding</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DebrisFlows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DebrisFlows</span></a> capable of damaging roads and homes in and around areas devastated by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a>.</p><p>"'This is the worst-case scenario to prepare for,' said Kristan Lund, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard.</p><p>"'We do have increasing concern for the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BurnScars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BurnScars</span></a>,' Lund said. The charred footprint of the Eaton fire, which blackened more than 14,000 acres, is the most worrisome. 'These <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FlashFloods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlashFloods</span></a> and these debris flows could happen in and near or below these burn scars.'</p><p>"A <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FloodWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FloodWatch</span></a> took effect at 10 a.m. Sunday and was set to continue through 4 p.m. Monday for the burned areas of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EatonFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatonFire</span></a> in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Altadena" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Altadena</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pasadena" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pasadena</span></a> areas; the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PalisadesFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalisadesFire</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FranklinFires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FranklinFires</span></a> in the Pacific Palisades and Malibu areas; the Hughes fire around Lake Castaic; and the Bridge fire in the San Gabriel Mountains west and southwest of Wrightwood. The flood watch started six hours earlier than originally anticipated as rain began falling steadily around Los Angeles."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.aol.com/news/risk-rises-mudslides-around-l-170323295.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aol.com/news/risk-rises-mudsli</span><span class="invisible">des-around-l-170323295.html</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CaliforniaFires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CaliforniaFires</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BurnScar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BurnScar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FlashFloodWarning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlashFloodWarning</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FloodDanger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FloodDanger</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mudslides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mudslides</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CaliforniaWx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CaliforniaWx</span></a></p>