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Neath Port Talbot landslide: 80 tonnes of debris on road
BBC NEWS   02 May 2018   UK   Wales  
The landslide happened on a privately owned hill / BBC
<p>A landslide has closed a road in Neath Port Talbot after 80 tonnes of tree, mud and debris fell into the road.</p> <p>Cymmer Road in Glyncorrwg was closed after the material fell from a hillside in the Afan Valley in the early hours of Wednesday morning.</p ...
Filed under: Natural Hazards
The science of landslides, and why they’re so devastating in PNG
A 2012 landslide in the southern highlands of Papua New Guinea. dfataustralianaid/flickr, CC BY
<p>A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck the Southern Highlands region of Papua New Guinea on February 25, 2018. This was followed by a series of aftershocks, producing widespread landslides that have killed dozens and injured hundreds. The same landslides have ...
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‘Very Small Risk’ That 3-Story Home Will Fall as Crews Monitor Active Landslide in Malibu, Fire Official Says
KTLA 5   17 January 2018   USA   Los Angeles  
An active landslide affects a three-story home in Malibu on Jan. 17, 2018. (Credit: KTLA)
<p>An actively moving landslide continued to threaten a three-story house nestled atop a hill in Malibu Wednesday evening, but Los Angeles County fire officials said the risk is "very small" that the home itself will fall into the canyon below.</p><p>Crews ...