Mudslides

A California man narrowly escaped death on the Pacific Coast Highway recently when his car was crushed under a boulder.

Officials in Shizuoka prefecture in Japan said two people were found without vital signs and approximately 20 others are still missing after mudslides hit several homes on Saturday.

A series of large storms continues to hit the entire state of California this week, bringing much-needed rain and snow that will guarantee the water supply — but also new hazards to areas already hit by recent natural disasters.

Heavy flooding triggered by torrential rain washed out several bridges in the Indonesian province of West Sumatra.

Rob Lowe called out actress Bella Thorne Thursday after the former Disney Channel star complained on Twitter about bad traffic in Los Angeles, as rescue crews worked to pull bodies from the wreckage caused by massive mudslides in Santa Barbara County.

The death toll in the mudslides in Montecito, California, rose to 17 on Wednesday, with over a dozen people still considered missing as rescue crews rushed to save those still trapped by the debris.

Media icon and potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Oprah Winfrey filmed herself wading through mudslide debris at her estate Montecito, California, and posted the footage to the Internet on Wednesday.

A mudslide shut down the 101 Freeway in Montecito, California, on Tuesday morning as heavy winter rains hit the region devastated by the recent Thomas fire. #BREAKING: Mudslide shuts down the 101 in Montecito. People asking to be rescued from

Local authorities have ordered evacuations in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties in areas below mountains and hillsides that were burned in the recent Thomas fire, as the winter’s first major rainstorm approaches California.

A strengthening La Niña weather pattern has brought cooler temperatures to the world — except in California, where it is expected to be dry and warm for the next three months.

While California prepares nervously for the coming El Niño, a host of unwanted consequences from the expected rainstorms could prove troublesome for the drought-ravaged state–mudslides, flash floods and now, a threat to the state’s unsheltered homeless population.

Hurricane Patricia was hailed as an historic and potentially catastrophic storm as it slammed into the Mexican Pacific coast with sustained winds of over 200 miles per hour. But despite the fears and warnings, the Category 5 hurricane made landfall the evening of October 23 just south of Puerto Vallarta without any loss of life or massive damage to critical infrastructure.

Southern California motorists were left stranded on highways Thursday, as drenching rain and golf ball-sized hail bore down on the area, causing dangerous flash flooding.