landslip

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The landslip happened below the lane between Cwmyoy and Llanthony, in Monmouthshire, on 30 January, causing a vertical drop immediately next to the road.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

The disastrous two-month closure in 2014 was caused not by a breach of the sea wall in Dawlish, but by a serious landslip down the line near the neighbouring coastal town of Teignmouth.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Siluch said he had seen another landslip about an hour earlier but took little notice.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

Network Rail confirmed a landslip had occurred in the area before the train derailed, however it was still trying to determine whether that was the cause of the service coming off the tracks.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

View of the Axmouth landslip from Great Bindon, looking westward to the Sidmouth hills, and estuary of the Exe.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir