Landslide


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A downward slope movement of a potentially lethal mixture of water, rocks, and mud, triggered by earthquakes, volcanoes, or weather events
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The balance all went for actual votes, and on a day of Democratic landslides they elected "Scotty" Doyle, the ex-tenpin setter, by nearly a thousand plurality--and beginning at five o'clock in the afternoon, and ending at three the next morning, Jurgis treated himself to a most unholy and horrible "jag.
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Notably, activation of landslide areas on the Degadi-Palikesh highway was recorded on January 5.
Landslides intensify in Azerbaijan
MGB-8 geologists have not come across any ongoing or remnants of previous open pit mining or quarrying activity within the vicinities of the landslide areas that may have contributed to such occurrence of landslides.
MGB: No mining ops in Biliran, landslides caused by other factors
The landslide that occurred in Biliran during Tropical Storm 'Urduja' is one of the most destructive natural disasters that brought about unimaginable loss of lives and properties in the history of the province.
Save lives and properties, stop logging and mining
MANILA, Philippines The bodies of a couple that went missing in a landslide over the weekend in San Fernando, Romblon have been recovered.
Romblon rescuers recover bodies of couple lost in landslide
The death toll is expected to increase in the following days as search and retrieval operations continue in two big landslide sites in Biliran province.
Typhoon Urduja death toll reaches 42 in Eastern Visayas, 25 still missing
Spirent Communications, the leader in mobility infrastructure testing, announced that China Mobile has selected Spirents Landslide test platform to accelerate validation of mobile core network functions.
China,United Kingdom : China Mobile Selects Spirent for Mobile Core Network Validation
Summary: New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday condoled the loss of lives in the devastating landslide that hit Himachal Pradesh's Mandi on Saturday.
HP landslide: President Kovind condoles loss of lives in Mandi
Torrential rains caused a massive landslide in southwest China's Sichuan Province Friday evening in which more than 100 people were feared to be buried under the debris, according to sources with the authorities in Maoxian County.
100 People Get Buried After Massive Landslide In China
Local people said a landslide pushed 15 army men down to around 30 feet, killing four instantly while a military spokesman in Dhaka said an army major and a captain were among four of their dead personnel.
Rain, landslides wreak havoc in Bangladesh as toll rise to 144
At least 11 people were killed and 20 are missing after a landslide hit several neighborhoods in Manizales, Colombia, the government said on Wednesday, the second deadly landslide in the country this month.
Nearly a dozen people killed in Colombia landslide, 20 missing
This study aims to evaluate landslide induced vulnerability and risk to the buildings.
Landslides induced vulnerability and risk assessment in Muzaffarabad and Balakot, Pakistan
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