landslide
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Drivers on Skye are facing a 40-mile diversion after a landslide led to a road closure.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 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
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
Burr had alienated Jefferson and the triumphant Republican party by his disloyalty as a vice president and had lost by a landslide in his bid to become a Federalist governor of New York.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Meanwhile, trekking guide Tse Ring Doma said she and her group had to cross 28 landslides.
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
Of particular interest were deposits called turbidites, which can form when underwater landslides send large amounts of sediment rushing downhill.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
“The blast could go down, the landslides could go down. And the blast could come up right over here … No, you’re not safe here.”
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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