Another Climate Impact Hits the Public’s Radar: A Wetter World Is Mudslide City

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L.A. saw 592 slides in one week, a reminder that excessive precipitation events set off more than flooding.

Picture the minute hand at about eight past the hour. That’s the slope of Viet’s backyard in southern Los Angeles County. It’s a bit too aggressive for a slip-and-slide. In fact, Viet doesn’t even let his 7-year-old daughter play on the family’s small back patio. 

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