landslide

In January 2024, a landslide above the railroad sent soil and debris crashing onto the tracks at Mariposa Point, destroying the city’s pedestrian bridge and beach trail and temporarily interrupting rail service.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

The landslide occurred in August, when warm ocean waters and heavier precipitation favor both glacier retreat and slope failure.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

Twelve hours later, a landslide from the adjacent mountain unexpectedly collapsed into the fjord, initiating the second-highest tsunami in recorded history.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

Former British Prime Minister Keir Starmer had to step down just over two years after his July 2024 landslide election victory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Barry Voight had left, returning to Pennsylvania State University to write up his findings on a possible landslide.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

We believe there is an obvious role for alert systems, but only if scientists have a better understanding of where and when landslides are likely to occur.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

Temperatures in the Himalayan region are rising faster than the global average, accelerating glacier retreat and permafrost thaw and contributing to growing risks of landslides, rockfalls, avalanches and glacial lake outburst floods.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Rain rates are probably going to be a quarter of an inch per hour or less, making debris flow and landslides unlikely.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

"Considerable flash flooding and landslides are also possible across the Southern Appalachians," it warned in a briefing.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

And nowhere else have people living at such heights—in places where most crops won’t grow, earthquakes and landslides are frequent, and extremes of weather are the norm—repeatedly created technically advanced, long-lasting civilizations.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

“Even a moderate earthquake could cause a local-source tsunami from submarine landsliding in Monterey Bay,” public documents say.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2025

“The weaker alluvial sediments can amplify shaking, and mountains are vulnerable to landsliding, including along the roads that lead to mountain villages.”

From National Geographic ● Sep. 11, 2023

"When the glaciers melted the sediment was no longer supported by the ice margins, so in places it can be susceptible to landsliding."

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2020

Says Norge President Judson S. Sayre: "The way orders are landsliding, we could be sold out for the year by October 15."

From Time Magazine Archive