This is what our southern BC map looks like on Drive BC tonight. Yeesh.

#atmosphericRiver #climatedisaster #roadclosures #Rain #flooding #mudslides

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"The 2025 #Blatten #Landslide: The Temptations of #Ignorance and of a Cost-Benefit Liberal Mindset Versus Scientific Expertise and Transition Pathways"

> The risk of this event happening had been identified by several scientific studies, which primarily attributed it to global warming. But rapidly two controversies arose: one involving a challenge to the role of #ClimateChange, and the other concerning the proposal to abandon human occupation of the high valleys most threatened by #rockfalls and #mudslides, which have recently become more frequent in the #SwissAlps.

https://journals.openedition.org/rga/15577

#mountains #Switzerland #Vallis

Two-year-old tragically drowns in vehicle swept away by floodwaters in southern California

A two-year-old boy tragically drowned after heavy rainfall triggered mudslides in southern California, causing widespread disruption. On Thursday night, the child was in his family’s vehicle when it was swept off the road by floodwaters in Barstow. Although the father was rescued, the boy’s body was... [More info]