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Publisher: California Coastal Commission

Natural History of Fire & Flood Cycles view detail comment email this

This essay discusses the relationship between forest fires and mountain flooding caused by heavy rains. Includes information about causes of forest fires, post-fire debris flows and landslides, and post-fire mitigation efforts. This material focuses on the "Old Topanga Firestorm of 1993" in Southern California and the following floods of 1995. From the California Coastal Commission.
http://www.coastal.ca.gov/web/fire/ucsbfire.html
Topics: Environment

Last updated Jan 2, 2006





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