‘Doomsday scenario’: Santa Cruz mountain towns prepare for winter mudslides after CZU wildfire
Experts say it’s likely not a matter of if, but when, intense rainfall triggers mudslides that threaten the properties and lives of thousands of people in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The area has seen these disasters before: In January 1982, the Love Creek mudslide killed 10 people near Ben Lomond. But the CZU Lightning Complex, larger than any fire in the region’s recorded history, created an unprecedented hazard.
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