landslide
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A 2024 study published by the American Geophysical Union projected a significant rise in landslide hazards across the Himalayas and Tibet in the coming decades due to increased rainstorms.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 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
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
The resulting landslide and tsunami caused eight deaths, according to a reconstruction published in Natural Hazards.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Lots of pbbles pebbles make a landslide, right? his vote countd counted.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
Among other problems, the Eel River Canyon’s unstable geology is notorious for landslides that sent train cars careening into the water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
She added that authorities had been clearing many of the landslides "surprisingly fast".
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The two got stuck when they reached the village of Chame, which had been evacuated due to the risk of landslides, and had to spend a night in the jungle, Graham said.
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
The combination of the summit’s collapse and the first two landslides lowered the mountain thirteen hundred feet.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
“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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Physical Geography - Introductory
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