Wildfires can cause dangerous debris flows
Riverside CA (SPX) Oct 23, 2020
Wildfires don't stop being dangerous after the flames go out. Even one modest rainfall after a fire can cause a deadly landslide, according to new UC Riverside research. "When fire moves through a watershed, it creates waxy seals that don't allow water to penetrate the soil anymore," explained environmental science doctoral student and study author James Guilinger. Instead, the rainw
