Southern California mountain communities are concerned over land and mudslide dangers as a winter storm arrives this week.

Much of the Los Angeles vegetation that holds the topsoil in place has recently been ravaged by wildfires and has burned away – leaving behind "burn scars" or scorched swathes of land that are ...

Rain has finally returned to wildfire-scorched Los Angeles — but now officials are warning flooding and landslides could wreak more chaos on the battered city along its “burn scars.” The National ...

It appeared as a giant "scar," standing out from the desert landscape unnaturally. The discovery piqued the interest of scientists, who decided to study the phenomenon. Soon, their work provided ...

MATSUMOTO, Nagano Prefecture--Authorities in Kamikochi, a mountain resort area and gateway to the Northern Japan Alps, are on high alert after an earthquake swarm triggered avalanches, landslides ...