A new rain storm is bearing down on California, including fire-ravaged Los Angeles, where residents are bracing for the possibility of mudslides and landslides.

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.

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?

In 2018, the side of the Anak Krakatau volcano collapsed in a powerful eruption and produced a tsunami that killed hundreds and injured thousands on nearby Java and Sumatra in Indonesia. A new ...

In 2018, the side of the Anak Krakatau volcano collapsed in a powerful eruption and produced a tsunami that killed hundreds ...

Residents on the popular island of Santorini have experienced thousands of earthquakes this month while researchers have ...

Parts of the Southern California coastal community of Rancho Palos Verdes were shifting 4 inches closer to the ocean each week in mid-to-late 2024, NASA found.

An analysis by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has determined that during a four-week period in fall 2024, land in some ...

What Have We Learned” will take place on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2-4 p.m., at the Bo Thomas Auditorium on the campus of Blue Ridge ...

In the West, Oregon, Washington, California and Idaho have the greatest vulnerabilities from landslides, which cause billions ...

After a series of passes, specialists were able to compose a map depicting how fast the soil underneath ... infrastructure at ...

Of all the potential disasters that could occur, Monroe County is at the highest risk for wildfire. That's according to a ...