A recent executive order by California Gov. Gavin Newsom aims to ramp up fire safety in urban areas as new maps released by the state show more than 1 million acres are at a higher risk of wildfires.

What remains from the fires that broke out Jan. 7 is a charred landscape, filled with skeletal trees and blackened debris.

Areas scarred by the Eaton Fire are at “high to very high risk” of debris flows this week. How do they happen? What is being done to prepare for storms?

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A severe storm making its way into Southern California has triggered concerns of mud and debris flows in areas hit by the Eaton and Palisades fires.