From time to time, parts of California are at risk of powerful mudslides as flooding causes mud and debris to slide down hillsides into communities. A weather system known as an "atmospheric river ...

Why is California prone to mudslides? Enlarge this image Water floods part of a road by the San Ysidro creek on Jameson Lane near the closed Highway 101 in Montecito, Calif., Jan. 10, 2023.

500 mudslides, flooded communities, broken bridges: California faces long, costly storm recovery The total for repairs across the state could be as much as $1 billion, authorities said.

Mudslides are a particular risk for people living close to mountains. California’s mountains are quite tall, and the elevation drops extremely rapidly as water drains to the sea.

Montecito suffered a devastating mudslide in 2018. Now the community has rallied to try to make sure the same thing will ...

California mudslides and chaos offer a preview of what El Niño could bring. A sandal is left behind where a Mini Cooper was buried in a mudslide in Elizabeth Lake.

Atmospheric river turns deadly as it slams California with flooding, mudslides By . Steven Yablonski, Hillary Andrews, Scott Sistek, FOX Weather. Published Jan. 4, 2023.

Berkeley Johnson and his wife had just climbed to the roof of their Montecito home after boulders and mud smashed into the building -- a result of the deadly California mudslides -- when the ...

Search and rescue crews found the body of a 25-year-old woman Saturday morning, raising the death toll to 19 in the California mudslides, authorities said.

Catastrophic mudslides have swallowed homes and killed at least 15 people in Southern California. A variety of unique factors have made them especially calamitous.

Mudslides unleashed by a ferocious storm demolished homes in Southern California as the death toll rises Erin Hill is the Senior Editor, Royals at PEOPLE. She has reported on Royals for the brand ...

At least 18 people have been killed in mudslides in California. Survivors — including Oprah Winfrey — are slogging through the rubble and trying to recover.