landslide
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The Bills made it through the first two weeks without committing a turnover, then survived a landslide Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
A tsunami begins when a large volume of water is suddenly displaced, often by an earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
A landslide struck a car park on Japan's Mount Fuji, with the final day of the volcano's summer climbing season on Thursday marred by downpours and dense mist.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
When Hichilema, 64, came into office in 2021 after a landslide victory, Zambia had recently defaulted on its international debt and had an annual inflation rate of more than 24%.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
On a desk in Vancouver, Barry Voight’s report predicting a landslide followed by an enormous eruption sat, unread.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
The loss of glacier ice can also destabilise mountain slopes and increase the risk of landslides in some places - which can lead to flash flooding in extreme cases, as seen in Nepal in August.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Another wave of landslides and heavy rain have killed about 30 people in Nepal, as the Himalayan nation reels from August's catastrophic flooding that left 1,400 dead and thousands more missing.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Much of Nepal's hydropower infrastructure lies along steep river valleys fed by glaciers -- terrain exposed to floods, landslides and cascading geological hazards.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Last year, the line was closed for a month for repairs designed to protect against landslides.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 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
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