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A mudflow, also known as mudslide or mud flow, is a form of mass wasting involving fast-moving flow of debris and dirt that has become liquified by the addition of water. [1] Such flows can move at speeds ranging from 3 meters/minute to 5 meters/second. [ 2 ]
A series of mudflows occurred in Southern California in early January 2018, particularly affecting areas northwest of Montecito in Santa Barbara County.The incident was responsible for 23 deaths, [4] although the body of one of the victims has never been found. [5]
Mudflow: Water rushing down with only mud. This is considered a type of shallow landslide — less than 15 feet deep. Debris flow: When water rapidly flows downhill and picks up rocks, branches ...
An "extremely dangerous situation" was unfolding in the Hollywood Hills area and around the Santa Monica Mountains Monday, as a powerful, slow-moving storm triggered mud flows and debris flows ...
Detailed map of Mount Rainier's summit and northeast slope showing upper perimeter of Osceola collapse amphitheater (hachured line) The Osceola Mudflow, also known as the Osceola Lahar, was a debris flow and lahar in the U.S. state of Washington that descended from the summit and northeast slope of Mount Rainier, a volcano in the Cascade Range during a period of eruptions about 5,600 years ago.
Theseed of the disastrous mudslide — which overwhelmed a county-run flood channel and buried some areas in 12 feet of mud —was planted two years ago when the El Dorado fire scorched 22,680 ...
A lahar travels down a river valley in Guatemala near the Santa Maria volcano, 1989. A lahar (/ ˈ l ɑː h ɑːr /, from Javanese: ꦮ꧀ꦭꦲꦂ) is a violent type of mudflow or debris flow composed of a slurry of pyroclastic material, rocky debris and water.
A dad in Yucaipa, California, was left wondering what might have happened if he’d been “two minutes earlier” on the school run on Monday, September 12, after a powerful “wall of mud ...