Relentless storms from a series of atmospheric rivers have saturated the steep mountains and bald hillsides scarred from wildfires along much of California’s long coastline, causing hundreds of landslides this month.
LOS ANGELES, CA-JANUARY 11, 2023: A skip loader is used to clean up mud and debris from a mudslide above Nichols Canyon Rd. In Los Angeles, caused by all the recent rain.
FOREST FALLS, CA - SEPTEMBER 12, 2022: Residents are stranded on the other side of a 50 yard mudslide on Canyon Drive after heavy rains sent debris down the San Bernardino National Forest September 12, 2022 in Forest Falls, California.(Gina Ferazzi /The most vulnerable areas are hillsides that have burned in the past two to three years with communities below them, said Jeremy Lancaster, who leads the California Department of Conservation’s geological and landslide mapping team.
But basins, which can require a lot of land, can also disrupt the natural ecosystem and lead to beaches needing to be replenished by collecting sediment that flows out of the canyons, according to experts. After the 2018 mudslides hit Montecito, the Los Angeles Times reported that debris basins above the community were undersized and hadn’t been sufficiently emptied.
"I’m not over it yet. But to wake up, you know, the other day and see no injuries and no fatalities. I just can’t tell you how impressed I am," he said of the nets.
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