More than 500,000 cubic yards of debris has been removed at the Regent’s Slide — but the scenic highway still remains closed.

Debris flows are fast-moving slurries of soil, rock, water, and vegetation that are especially perilous because they usually occur without any warning.

It’s what WYDOT officials have expected since the Elk Fire burned nearly 100,000 acres in the Bighorn Mountains last fall.

The slope of streambeds has dramatic and unexpected effects on sediment transport. Experimental data from the flume lab show that gravity does not facilitate sediment transport in the expected manner.

Start by raking perpendicular to the slope from top to bottom, using short pulling motions to help move the gravel. Your goal is to spread the rock evenly while grabbing any leaves or debris that ...

The Maui News . Emergency slope scaling and rock debris removal in East Maui began on Sunday at the rural Alelele Point area where less than a mile of county roadway has been closed since May 10 ...

Slope steepness is another contributing factor for slides. Many WNC homes are built on steep land, and Wooten notes that most slides occur where the grade measures 20 degrees or greater.

Estimates indicate that about half of that debris still remains on the slope that failed, and more analysis is required to determine how great a hazard it represents, according to Iverson.

Under city code, the “responsible” landowner must pay to “abate the landslide.” That usually involves removing debris from ...

Three snowmobilers were partially buried by debris when they were caught in an avalanche north of Granby on Saturday. ... Plunkett said aside from his decades of experience on this very slope, ...