rockslide

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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

A section of Malibu Canyon Road was closed following a rockslide Friday evening, and was not expected to reopen before Monday, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2024

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

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2024

After hiking 886 feet, I was eyeing one historic abandoned fjord farm, Skageflå, where, before it was partially destroyed in an 1873 rockslide, parents tied ropes around children so they wouldn’t fall into the fjord.

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