landslide
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The new leader takes over from the unpopular Keir Starmer just two years after the outgoing prime minister led Labour to power in a landslide election victory after 14 years of Conservative rule.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
He replaces Rachel Reeves, who had served as Sir Keir's chancellor since Labour's 2024 landslide election win.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Starmer won a landslide general election victory two years ago - but he began losing public support within weeks of arriving in Downing Street after a series of polcy mis-steps and U-turns.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
But the recall passed in a landslide, and withstood a legal challenge by the city that went to a state appeals court.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Debris from the landslide also dammed two creeks, South Fork Castle Creek and Coldwater Creek, and created two new lakes: Castle Lake and Coldwater Lake.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
At least 25 people have died on California beaches due to coastal landslides, and many in San Diego’s North County are still reeling from a 2019 bluff collapse that killed three women in Encinitas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
The heavy rain began more than a week ago and as it intensified in recent days, authorities issued warnings about floods and landslides, evacuated families in high risk areas, and postponed student exams.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
That winter brought with it hundreds of landslides across Los Angeles and the second-rainiest three-day period for downtown L.A. since recordkeeping began in 1877.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
In the Philippines, two landslides triggered by heavy rains driven by Bavi killed at least 15 people on the southern island of Mindanao on Friday, authorities said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 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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