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<cap:alert xmlns:cap="http://www.incident.com/cap/1.0">
  <identifier>USGS-landslides.20100122T155701</identifier>
  <sender>jegartner@usgs.gov</sender>
  <sent>20100122T155701.000Z</sent>
  <status>Actual</status>
  <msgType>Alert</msgType>
  <scope>Public</scope>
  <info>
    <language>en-US</language>
    <category>Geo</category>
    <event>Flash Flood and Debris Flow Warning for Southern California Burned Areas</event>
    <urgency>Immediate</urgency>
    <severity>Severe</severity>
    <certainty>Very Likely</certainty>
    <senderName>Joseph Gartner</senderName>
    <headline>Flash Flood and Debris Flow Warning for Southern California Burned Areas</headline>
    <description>On Thurdsay, January 21, 2010, the National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood and Debris Flow Warning for the area burned by the Morris Fire in Los Angeles County.</description>
    <instruction>A flash flood warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.  If you are in the warning area, move to higher ground immediately.  Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate precautions to protect life and property.  Do not attempt to cross swiftly flowing waters or waters of unknown depth by foot or by automobile.</instruction>
    <web>http://landslides.usgs.gov/research/wildfire</web>
    <contact>jegartner@usgs.gov</contact>
    <area>
      <areaDesc>Area burned by the Morris Fire in Los Angeles County, CA.</areaDesc>
    </area>
  </info>
</cap:alert>