Mudslides

A Park Service Board gets new members, mudflows follow California fires, and a big company commits to clean energy.

• By Rebecca Worby

Haiti's deforestation is largely driven by small-scale farming and charcoal production, which involves harvesting wood and heating it to remove water and volatile compounds.

• By Carinya Sharples & Morgan Erickson-Davis

A new initiative—looking to equalize the gender gap in the workforce—calls for hiring an equal number of men and women to help restore a shattered mountainside.

• By Kadia Goba

One local ecologist set out to catalog the destruction.

• By Francie Diep

To avoid repeating California's recent devastation, susceptible regions must prepare for future disasters.

• By David R. Montgomery

At least 15 people were killed in the wreckage in Montecito, California. Dozens more are still missing.

• By Candace Butera

At least eight people have been killed by mudflows after a deluge of rain fell on the region left vulnerable by the Thomas Fire.

• By Kate Wheeling

Mudslides, waterspouts, and flash flooding are expected in already hard-hit areas.

• By Eric Holthaus

Heavy El Niño rains could trigger mudslides in California this winter. These scientists are trying to figure out the whens and wheres.

• By Alisa Opar