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Landslide Alert for San Francisco Bay Area,
California

post from USGS Landslides Hazard Alerts on 03 April 2006 05:40:57 PM. © USGS Landslides Hazard Alerts

Description: Recent almost continuous rainfall has soaked hillsides in the San Francisco Bay area making them highly susceptible to landslides. Large slow-moving landslides have already recently occurred in San Mateo and Marin Counties. Rain is expected to continue throughout this week and more slow moving landslides are expected to initiate and start moving during the next several weeks even after the rain stops. Parts of the Bay Area particularly prone to landslides include the areas in or near the Santa Cruz Mountains, Mount Tamalpais and the East Bay hills. Such landslides can occur on hillsides that slope as little as 5-8 degrees. Heavy rainfall, perhaps 5 inches in 24 hours, could also trigger rapidly moving debris flows from steep slopes.

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USGS issues Landslide Alert for San Francisco Bay
Area, California

post from USGS Landslides Hazard Alerts on 03 April 2006 03:04:31 PM. © USGS Landslides Hazard Alerts

Recent, almost continuous rainfall has soaked hillsides in the San Francisco Bay area making them highly susceptible to landslides. Large slow-moving landslides have already recently occurred in San Mateo and Marin Counties. Rain is expected to continue throughout this week and more slow moving landslides are expected to initiate and start moving during the next several weeks even after the rain stops. Parts of the Bay Area particularly prone to landslides include the areas in or near the Santa Cruz Mountains, Mount Tamalpais and the East Bay hills. Such landslides can occur on hillsides that slope as little as 5-8 degrees. Heavy rainfall, perhaps 5 inches in 24 hours, could also trigger rapidly moving debris flows from steep slopes.

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http://www.usgs.gov/hazard_alert/alerts/alert_cap.asp?id=USGS-landslides.20060403
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Flash Flood Watch for Recently Burned Areas in
Southern California

post from USGS Landslides Hazard Alerts on 03 April 2006 01:03:12 PM. © USGS Landslides Hazard Alerts

A Flash Flood and Debris Flow Watch issued by the National Weather Service for recently burned areas in Ventura and Los Angeles Counties for Monday April 3 through Wednesday morning, April 5. There could be rainfall rates of one half inches per hour; these rates exceed USGS rainfall thresholds for flash floods and debris flows from recently burned areas.

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http://www.usgs.gov/hazard_alert/alerts/alert_cap.asp?id=USGS-landslides.20060403
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Press Gaggle with Scott McClellan

MR. McCLELLAN: All right, good morning, everybody. The Presidentloosened up a little bit this weekend. He's looking forward to throwingout the first pitch today at the Cincinnati Reds home opener against theChicago Cubs. But before I get to that, let me walk through the President's day. The President had his usual briefings this morning, and he called Chancellor Merkel this morning. This is part of the regular consultations the two leaders are having on a range of issues. They talked about the continued efforts of the international community to prevent the regime in Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability, they talked about developments in the Middle East, Ukraine, and Belarus, as well. And the President briefed Chancellor Merkel on Secretary Rice's trip to Iraq over this weekend.

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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/04/20060403.html

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