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A landslide in which the sliding surface is located within the soil mantle or weathered bedrock (typically to a depth from few decimeters to some meters) is called a shallow landslide. Debris slides and debris flows are usually shallow. Shallow landslides can often happen in areas that have slopes with high permeable soils on top of low ...
Both surface deformation and faulting and shaking-related geological effects (e.g., soil liquefaction, landslides) not only leave permanent imprints in the environment, but also dramatically affect human structures. Moreover, underwater fault ruptures and seismically triggered landslides can generate tsunami waves.
In the wake of Hurricane Helene, more than 2,000 landslides displaced families in western North Carolina. They are waiting to find out if rebuilding is even possible or safe.
A lahar is a volcanic mudflow or landslide. The 1953 Tangiwai disaster was caused by a lahar, as was the 1985 Armero tragedy in which the town of Armero was buried and an estimated 23,000 people were killed. [citation needed] Volcanoes rated at 8 (the highest level) on the volcanic explosivity index are known as supervolcanoes.
Dozens of people have been killed already this year in landslides in Colombia, China and Indonesia. Landslides occur around the world and have helped shape the Earth as we know it. The landslide ...
Rescue teams and some inhabitants searched the mud Monday looking for more victims of a landslide in central Ecuador that killed at least eight people. Heavy rains over the weekend drenched ...
A garbage landslide [1] is a man-made event that occurs when poorly managed garbage mounds at landfills collapse with similar energy to natural landslides.These kinds of slides can be catastrophic as they sometimes occur near communities of people, often being triggered by weather or human interaction. [1]
The death toll from a massive landslide that hit a gold-mining village in the southern Philippines has risen to 54 with 63 people still missing, authorities said Sunday. The landslide hit the ...