Mudslides & landslides

It follows the fire.

A burn scar sheds water instead of absorbing it, so the slide arrives in a later rainy season — often after everyone has stopped thinking about the wildfire that caused it.

Practical guidance — no statistic claimed

Do this tonight

If your area burned in the last few years, find out whether you are downhill of it.

Where mudslides & landslides actually get declared

Federal major disaster declarations, FY2015–present.

Alaska 5 Hawaii 1 Oregon 1 West Virginia 1

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The 72-Hour Checklist

One page, and it works for every hazard — the first ninety minutes look the same in all of them.

Your state

What you actually face

Every declaration where you live, ranked, with the failure mode behind each.

Severe storms →Flooding →Hurricanes →Wildfire →Winter storms →Snowstorms →