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The record rainfall in California has soaked its steep hillsides, causing hundreds of landslides and heightening the threat to communities. So far the state has not seen another tragedy like the one in 2018 when mudslides roared through Montecito, killing 23 people and wiping out 130 homes. But the risk has been exacerbated with hillsides left barren by wildfires and...

Across Northern California, crews worked Monday to clear streets of toppled trees and branches and to clean gutters clogged by debris carried by rainwater from a massive storm that caused flooding and rock slides, and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands.

Mudslides that ripped through western Colorado last month marked the latest in a string of closures over the last two years for Interstate 70, a major transportation corridor between the Rocky Mountains and the West Coast

A Honduran town was hammered by two consecutive hurricanes and then obliterated by a mudslide. That’s when the Rev. Leopoldo Serrano arrived in his Franciscan robes like an answer to the townspeople’s prayers, ready to take charge — and ready, it would turn out, to make a deal with the devil to save the people of La Reina.

Rescue workers are digging through sludge and debris looking for more than 20 people who may be trapped after mud, trees and rocks ripped with a roar through a Japanese seaside resort

Officials in Japan say a gush of mud that swept away homes and cars in a resort town southwest of Tokyo has left at least two people dead and about 20 missing

The death toll from floods and mudslides following heavy rains in Sri Lanka has risen to 14 with another two missing

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Department release drone footage showing the damage to California’s iconic Highway 1 in Big Sur after heavy rains and flooding hit the area.

The Fremont Fire Department released video of a horse and pony being rescued from a mudslide in Monterey County.

When a torrent of mud crashed through Mari Mitchel’s bedroom in Southern California three months ago, it carried away everything from massive pieces of antique family furniture to a tiny pouch that held her wedding and engagement rings and a beloved pendant.

Thousands of people attended a candlelight vigil to pay tribute to the 20 people who were killed when mudslides ravaged a Southern California town.

Authorities now say 17 people have died in Southern California mudslides and another 13 are missing.

Montecito residents are left without power and with a mess after a deadly mudslide flowed through the area following a powerful storm. Conan Nolan reports for the NBC4 News at 11 on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018.

Firefighters rescued a teen girl trapped for hours in a home destroyed by mud and debris flows early Tuesday Jan. 9, 2018 in Montecito.