Kiawah's $15M Homes Lose Their Beach — SC Bans Seawalls

The Montecito mudslide on January 9, 2018 turned creeks into rivers of mud and boulders after the Thomas Fire. At 3:30 a.m. runoff from the 280,000-acre burn scar above the Santa Ynez Mountains erased homes on an ancient alluvial fan in this town of fewer than 10,000. The documentary explains the geology, the water-repellent soil, the USGS hazard maps, and why debris basins and new alerts can't stop the next flow.