After a wildfire, the danger continues, especially during torrential rain that can set off fast-moving landslides known as ...

As a principal engineer for the county’s Public Works Department, Klippel’s job is to try to stop catastrophic flows of mud, ...

About 2,000 miles downriver, the debate over how to fix Louisiana’s coast is dominated by sediment, including sand and mud that never reaches Louisiana. NASA scientists estimate that the ...

Storms now pounding Southern California are raising the specter of more danger for residents—debris flows in areas already ...

This pressurized sediment is pushed upward, erupting at the surface to create mounds of mud. Their eruptions can present danger, sometimes expelling flammable gasses and even pillars of flame.

The sediment flows into Big Chico Creek from upstream of the Five Mile Dam, creating a situation where neither the city nor ...