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Even though it moves at a rate of just a few millimeters per year [15] and is hardly visible, this landslide causes progressive damage to the national road, the national highway, a flyover, and several houses that are built on it. A rock slide in Guerrero, Mexico. An earthflow is the downslope movement of mostly fine-grained material.
The 2024 Wayanad landslides were a series of landslides that occurred in Punjirimattom, Mundakkai, Chooralmala, and Vellarimala villages in Meppadi panchayat, Vythiri taluk [5] in Wayanad district, Kerala, India in the early hours of 30 July 2024. The landslides were caused by heavy rains that caused hillsides to collapse, destroying the areas ...
"It's unclear that there's ever been a storm this widespread that caused this much damage in this area." So far, they have mapped more than 600 landslides caused by Helene.
On February 17, 2006, a massive rock slide-debris avalanche occurred in the Philippine province of Southern Leyte, causing widespread damage and loss of life. The deadly landslide (or debris flow) followed a 10-day period of heavy rain and a minor earthquake (magnitude 2.6 on the moment magnitude scale). The official death toll was 1,126. [1]
The US Geological Survey has mapped more than 325 landslides caused by Tropical Storm Helene, many in Western North Carolina. ‘Heartbreaking’ landslides reshape Cruso, NC, landscape, leaving ...
The rapidly accelerating complex of landslides in Rancho Palos Verdes has created an unforeseen outcome: a new coastline as the seafloor is pushed upward. Rancho Palos Verdes landslide is creating ...
Similarly, landslides are considered an “earth movement” and any damage they cause is excluded from both standard home and flood coverage. Disaster coverage Homeowners in flood-prone areas may ...
The term ground failure is a general reference to landslides, liquefaction, lateral spreads, and any other consequence of shaking that affects the stability of the ground. This usually takes place as an after-effect of an earthquake, and is one of the major causes of destruction after an earthquake. Ground failures tend to happen almost every ...