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Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY Updated January 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM A major rockslide prompted two highways to be shut down in Colorado over the weekend and witnesses captured the frightening moment on video.
The West Salt Creek landslide (also known as the Grand Mesa landslide or West Salt Creek rock avalanche) occurred on the evening of May 25, 2014 near Collbran, Colorado, along the north side of the Grand Mesa, about 30 miles (48 km) east of Grand Junction. It was the largest landslide in Colorado's history.
near Wrangell, Alaska: 6 dead A landslide buried homes and a portion of the Zimovia Highway in a remote area in Southeast Alaska 11 miles (18 km) south of Wrangell, killing a family of five and their adult neighbor. [236] The slide was 450 feet (137.2 m) wide when it crossed the highway. About 20 people were rescued from the area. [237] [238]
Verrückt was designed by Schlitterbahn co-owner Jeff Henry as a three-person raft slide with an uphill section. The initial drop was a 17-story plunge with a five-story uphill section. At 168 feet 7 inches (51.38 m), [ 4 ] the starting point was taller than Niagara Falls [ 5 ] and reached a maximum speed of 65 miles per hour (105 km/h).
The mid-morning Sierra slide had forced an emergency closure. Update: Caltrans crews reopen Highway 50 after rock slide near Kyburz in Sierra Nevada Skip to main content
Rhine cutting through Flims rockslide debris. The Flims rockslide happened about 10,000 years ago (8000 BC) in eastern Switzerland. It is the largest known landslide in the Alps, [1] [2] and the biggest worldwide whose effects are still visible, moving some 12 km 3 (2.9 cu mi) of rock, about 300 times that of the historic Swiss Goldau landslide.
Frontier Park is sprucing up their facilities while adding seating around the slides. Working with Erie landscaping company Yardmaster, Lake Erie Arboretum at Frontier Park (L.E.A.F.) wants to ...
The winding, narrow road, often cut into the face of towering seaside cliffs, is a "symbolic image" of Big Sur. [10] In May 2017, a 5,000,000-cubic-foot (140,000 m 3) slide blocked the highway at Mud Creek, north of Salmon Creek near the San Luis Obispo County line, to just south of Gorda. The road was reopened on July 18, 2018, but is subject ...