Landslide Hazards
Landslide Hazards
The USGS carries out landslide hazard assessments, pursues landslide investigations and forecasts, and provides technical assistance to respond to landslide emergencies. Ongoing research aims to improve understanding of factors and mechanisms that control the locations, timing, extent, and speed of large, potentially catastrophic landslides.
Filter Total Items: 13
Rainfall and Landslides in Southern California
Southern California is well known to be susceptible to landslides, especially during periods of intense or prolonged rainfall, and these hazards can worsen during El Niño conditions. This page summarizes the causes and impacts of historical and recent rainfall-triggered landslides and debris flows in southern California, including several major winter storms that caused damaging and deadly events...