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California is warned to brace for urgent threat that could swallow entire towns - after LA wildfires decimated region
California is warned to brace for new urgent threat after LA wildfires
Experts have identified the brand-new threat that may further destroy the Golden State as Californians continue to lose their homes to hellish wildfires.
Experts have identified the brand-new threat that may further destroy the Golden State as Californians continue to lose their homes to hellish wildfires.
At least 25 people have lost their lives and over 12,000 buildings have burned to the ground in the Palisades Fire - which has razed much of the Pacific Palisades, once a stunning coastal enclave home to the rich and famous.
However, according to the US Geological Survey the worst is yet to come.
As firefighters battle the flames and continue to diffuse them out, the federal agency claims landslides caused from burn scars left after the fires are out and rainfall returns will become a bigger issue in the future.
'After compiling one year's worth of soil and sediment erosion quantities occurring after large California wildfires between 1984 and 2021, scientists found that postfire erosion has accelerated over time, particularly in northern California, likely reflecting both the increase in wildfire in the state and the frequency of wet water years,' the study read.
The USGS also said post-wildfire landslides can move great loads on objects in their paths, strip vegetation, block drains, damage structures and endanger human life.
Extreme blazes can also destabilize pre-existing, deep-seated landslides over long periods of time.
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In the short run, flowing debris can choke rivers and streams and deprive fish of oxygen.
Sediment runoff can also fill reservoirs and take up water storage space - which in turn could damage flood control infrastructure and threaten nearby communities vulnerable to flash flooding.
Hugh Safford, a research fire ecologist at the University of California, Davis said since the fires have left mostly human-made structures into dust, the materials used to construct them will deposit toxins into the air and ground as they combust.
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An influx of sediment from burned houses can potentially both decrease a basin' capacity and degrade its water quality.
The agency's research noted that 57 percent of the state's post-fire erosion occurred upstream of reservoirs, 'indicating a growing risk to water security'.
'These results indicate increasing pressure on water resources from post-fire erosion with ongoing climate change,' study authors wrote.
Calling it an 'unvirtuous cycle', Martin believes that more fires would lead to more eroded soil, causing more infrastructure failures and ultimately less water.
It 'has huge consequences for everything from fisheries to water supply, and this study confirms that,' Martin said.
Commentary:
The destruction of Sunny California's Los Angeles and Palisades area.
Who can we thank? Is it Climate Change or the draconian regulations imposed on the States by irresponsible, incompetent environmentalists.
These leaders of false ideas have created four seasons for Californians. They are Fire, Landslides, Riots, and Earthquakes. Not necessarily in that order.
What is worse is that now the Governor and Mayor claim they will cut all red tape to rebuild the 12,000 odd homes that\e were destroyed.
There's a lot of 'Not' rich and famous that live in the Palisades. Also, California has known for decades how to mitigate and prevent fires and landslides. Progressive Democrats have run it for decades and ignored it all focusing on 'other' things. Nothing will change until the failed leadership does.
That is doubtful and the LA-2028 project is supposedly on track.
Californian 'Environmentalists" have gone from, "We don't have enough water" and "we must save the delta smelt. when it comes to scaring people to conserve water, and destroy farming communities, to now saying, "we have too much water", when it's time to scare people about mud slides.
Additionally, the fires have damaged the most important cash crop for Californians, its marihuana.
