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Some say a landslide may have blocked the river or its tributary for some time, causing the dammed water to burst out, while others say locals upstream saw an ice-avalanche.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Former British Prime Minister Keir Starmer had to step down just over two years after his July 2024 landslide election victory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 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

The resulting landslide and tsunami caused eight deaths, according to a reconstruction published in Natural Hazards.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

The Latvian queen, Ruta Skadi, flew with Serafina Pekkala’s company for many days and nights, through fog and whirlwind, over regions devastated by flood or landslide.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman

Sections of railway in coastal Orange County have repeatedly shut down for landslides, coastal erosion and rockfalls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

The two got stuck when they reached the village of Chame, which had been evacuated due to the risk of landslides, and had to spend a night in the jungle, Graham said.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The rains that lashed Thailand also hit neighbouring Myanmar, where rescuers said heavy floods and landslides in the southern region of Tanintharyi had killed at least eight people.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 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 first landslides and Spirit Lake Fifteen seconds after the earthquake, the bulge on the north face of Mount St. Helens broke loose and began to slide down the mountain.

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