rockslide

Example Sentences

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After several recent rains, a main highway into Yosemite National Park is closed indefinitely due to a rockslide, state officials said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2025

On March 30, a rockslide below Highway 1 south of the Rocky Creek Bridge left the southbound lane partially undermined and impassable, the governor’s office said.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2024

Authorities in California have cleared a rockslide that was blocking a road, by using explosives.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2024

But this rockslide will be much larger than anything the region has seen, possibly triggering one of the tallest tsunamis in history, according to one model.

From National Geographic • Oct. 20, 2023

She was about to ask Percy how he had jumped so far when she heard the skittering of a rockslide in the hills to their left.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan