landslide
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Modest, diplomatic and with a strong political pedigree, 66-year-old Herzog was sworn in as Israel's president in 2021 after being elected by lawmakers in a landslide.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
When his center-right Tisza party won a landslide in the election, it was largely thanks to a groundswell of youth participation that delivered the highest electoral turnout in Hungary’s post-socialist history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 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
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
Yet the words of one scientist, over a possible landslide and eruption, were hard to reconcile with the evidence the mountain was providing firsthand.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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Powerful storms, landslides, and other extreme events can bend or displace trees, making the capacity to regain an appropriate posture essential for their resilience.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
But a curious pattern has emerged in recent years: Multiple major landslides have occurred precisely at the terminus of a retreating glacier.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
"Considerable flash flooding and landslides are also possible across the Southern Appalachians," it warned in a briefing.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
Rain rates are probably going to be a quarter of inch per hour or less, making debris flow and landslides unlikely.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 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
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“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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