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From Flames to Floods: LA Faces Mudslide Threat as Rains Follow Wildfires

Clean-up crews rush to protect burn areas as storms bring risk of debris flows, forcing road and school closures

Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images
An aerial view of homes which burned in the Eaton Fire, with storm clouds hanging over the San Gabriel Mountains, on January 25, 2025 at Altadena, California. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images
PERRY CHIARAMONTE
PERRY CHIARAMONTE

As Los Angeles closes in on containing nearly 100 percent of the wildfires that have engulfed the city for weeks, a new threat looms with heavy rains sweeping in and causing mudslides.

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PERRY CHIARAMONTE
PERRY CHIARAMONTE

Mr. Chiaramonte was an investigative reporter and producer at Fox News, a correspondent for the New York Post, and a news editor for the Messenger.

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