Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The West has been hammered with several atmospheric rivers in recent weeks, so it’s important to know terms such as debris flow.

Provo City is taking steps to ensure any mudslides triggered on the barren mountainside where the Buckley Draw Fire burned do not impact any homes or buildings in the coming months. The fire was ...

Storms now pounding Southern California are raising the specter of more danger for residents—debris flows in areas already reeling from devastating fires. Debris flows are like mudslides, except much ...