Crushed by boulders, drowned in mud: How debris flows endanger LA’s fire-ravaged communities
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 ...
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VIEWS FROM THE VALLEY
The first one I remember was the great flood in 1969, followed by the Sylmar Earthquake in 1971. We had the Mill Fire in 1975 and floods for several years after that. The Northridge quake was in 1994, ...
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How Los Angeles Dreams Became Kindling
Image The Los Angeles aqueduct near Sylmar. One of my neighbors ... His black gold had changed the seasons. The earthquake hit on the morning of Oct. 1, 1987, shuddering through the folds in ...
Finally we know where toxic ash from the L.A. wildfires could end up
Here are the landfills that could take toxic waste from the L.A. wildfires in the coming weeks — many have not accepted ...
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Crushed by boulders, drowned in mud: How debris flows endanger LA’s fire-ravaged communities
the mountains are still fitfully growing — the western end of the range lifted several feet during the 1971 Sylmar earthquake. The average slope gradient in the San Gabriel Mountains is over 65%.