The main distinction is the type of material involved: mudslides are composed of fine silt and saturated soil, whereas landslides might consist of a combination of dirt and heavier debris ...

A powerful storm dropping drenching rain on flood-prone Southern California is raising concern among forecasters that it ...

There has been flooding and landslides in parts of northern Italy as red alerts cover cities including Florence and Pisa.

Understanding Landslides: A New Model for Predicting Motion Oct. 17, 2024 — Along coastal California, the possibility of earthquakes and landslides are commonly prefaced by the phrase ...

Over the years, the district has been prone to recurrent floods and mudslides. In December 2019, floods claimed 17 lives.

There were homes here once, but Yueyuan village is now a sweeping mud plain. Residents dig through the sludge where they think their bedroom once was. Maybe there is still a loved one under there.

They’re also costly — Santa Barbara County spent $20 million on a new basin after 2018 — and must be emptied occasionally or they can be overwhelmed by new landslides or mudslides.

Damage caused by heavy rains and mudslides earlier in the week is pictured along the Coquihalla Highway near Hope, B.C., Nov. 18, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward VANCOUVER — Nearly half of ...

The district says the wildfires that have scorched the earth and taken away trees and vegetation over recent years have made ...