On August 30th massive rain storms precipitated huge amounts of water in this basin in Utah. These then travelled along a canyon in a flashflood and triggered a debris flow.
Additionally, there is drone footage following the front of the flow. It is amazing how rain can trigger such a force of nature. Unfortunately, this flood caused the death of 16 people and 4 more missing. It shows how dangerous extreme weather events can be.
Read more on Washington Post
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Jesper Dramsch
PhD Student at The Way of the Geophysicist
... is a geophysicist by heart.
He works at the intersection of machine learning and geoscience. He is the founder of The Way of the Geophysicist and a deep learning enthusiast. Writing mostly about computational geoscience and interesting bits and pieces relevant to post-grad life.
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