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
In January 2024, a landslide above the railroad sent soil and debris crashing onto the tracks at Mariposa Point, destroying the city’s pedestrian bridge and beach trail and temporarily interrupting rail service.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
There is no landslide monitoring system operating yet at this scale in the U.S.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
It is believed that the flood was caused by a landslide upstream of the Budhi Gandaki River in the Gorkha district.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Barry Voight was right—the bulge had just detached as the largest landslide ever recorded.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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
Tibet and Nepal were also recently devastated by massive floods and landslides less than two months ago, unleashed by a glacier collapse, which killed at least 1,400 people.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
The collapse at Tracy Arm demonstrates what could be possible for landslides.
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
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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