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ekathimerini-com 16 March 2023 Greece Zakynthos

Authorities on the Ionian island of Zakynthos have decided to keep Navagio beach, a popular tourist destination famous for its signature shipwreck, closed to tourists this summer, for fear of landslides. The decision to prohibit access to the Navagio ...

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12 per cent of India's land mass vulnerable to landslide: GSI

The Economic Times 15 May 2016 India Kolkata

About 12.6 per cent of the total land mass of India falls under the landslide-prone hazardous zone, according to a study by the GSI.

KOLKATA: Over 12 per cent of the country's total land area, which amounts to around 0.42 million square kilometres, is vulnerable to landslide hazard, the Geological Survey of India has said.

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New landslide areas revealed in Baku

AZERNEWS 10 March 2016 Azerbaijan Baku

The Geography Institute of the ANAS has revealed new landslide areas in Baku, said Deputy Director of the Institution Elbrus Alizade. “These days, we found more dangerous landslide areas, aside from those on the Greater Baku area of 2,200 square ...

Filed under: Natural Hazards

Wildfire-charred California communities face serious landslide threat during stormy El Nino pattern

AccuWeather 14 January 2016 USA California

Mud and debris flow down hillsides burned in a recent brush fire after heavy rain from the first in a series of El Nino storms that passed over the area above Solimar Beach in Ventura, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Joel Angel Juárez)

After a fire burns an area of land, the vegetation roots that help stabilize the soil are destroyed. Debris left behind can be pushed around with ease in heavy rain. Just like ashes after a bonfire, the debris is light. "Each one can bring a significant ...

Filed under: Natural Hazards