landslide
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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
Firefighters in Kanagawa prefecture said they received a call from a man who reported his house had been crushed by a landslide.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
A tsunami begins when a large volume of water is suddenly displaced, often by an earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
A landslide struck a car park on Japan's Mount Fuji, with the final day of the volcano's summer climbing season on Thursday marred by downpours and dense mist.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
“A landslide off the bulge could uncork a hot flow across the valley and up this ridge.”
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
Rain rates are probably going to be a quarter of an inch per hour or less, making debris flow and landslides unlikely.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
Meanwhile, trekking guide Tse Ring Doma said she and her group had to cross 28 landslides.
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
Much of Nepal's hydropower infrastructure lies along steep river valleys fed by glaciers -- terrain exposed to floods, landslides and cascading geological hazards.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 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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