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Landslides Follow Fires

This landslide happened months after the Dixie Fire, but was enabled by the blaze nonetheless.
This landslide happened months after the Dixie Fire, but was enabled by the blaze nonetheless. Photo: Noah Berger (AP)

It’s easy to make the connection between charred trees or burned down buildings and wildfire. But other consequences are less obvious. Landslides, for instance, frequently follow wildfires because the scorched land is left vulnerable to erosion, without living plant roots to hold soil in place.

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