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Huge landslide in Tg Bungah hill
The Star   22 May 2018   Malaysia  
Disaster zone: An aerial view of the recent landslide in Tanjung Bungah, Penang.
<p>Nobody knew a natural disaster was waiting to happen until Sungai Kelian in Tanjung Bungah turned brown and silty.</p> <p>The sudden profusion of laterite mud flowing out to sea was caused by a landslide even bigger than the one that killed 11 people at ...
Poldark beach landslide may mean coast path has to be moved at Dollar Cove at Gunwalloe on the Lizard
CornwallLive   06 December 2017   UK   Cornwall  
The landslip at Dollar Cove, Gunwalloe (Image: Robert Felce)
<p>This dramatic image captures the scale of a large landslip in Cornwall at a beach regularly used to film Poldark.</p> <p>The National Trust, which owns the coastline, has said it will look at moving the Cornwall coastal footpath away from the new cliff ...
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Heavy rains lead to landslide in Fenton subdivision
Fox News   08 May 2017   USA   Fenton  
<p>FENTON, MO (KTVI) - Bryan Schrock has been in his Fenton home on Big Sky Drive for about two years. He saw the rain of 2015 and things were fine in his back yard. However, the most recent rain has caused a mud slide that’s been growing from inches to feet ...
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Rain, slips affect North Island roads
RNZ   11 August 2016   Auckland   New Zealand  
A slip has partly closed State Highway 25 south of Coromandel Town. (Photo:NZTA)
<p>A slip is causing traffic delays in Coromandel, while clean-up crews are tackling road damage caused by flooding north of Auckland. The New Zealand Transport Agency said the slip, just south of Coromandel Town, was below the road and was being assessed ...
Tennis club sues North Salt Lake for landslide damage
Deseret News   29 April 2015   USA   North Salt Lake  
North Salt Lake landslide that destroyed one home, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014
<p>A tennis club that remains damaged from a landslide last year is suing the city and Eaglepointe Development, alleging they were aware of the risk of a landslide in the area and were negligent in taking necessary precautions.</p>
Report: Yeager Airport Landslide Site Had Shifted Previously
WV Public by Associated Press   23 March 2015   USA   Yeager  
Yeager landslide / OFFICE OF GOVERNOR EARL RAY TOMBLIN
<p>An engineering report shows the emergency overrun area at Yeager Airport had shifted by several feet more than a year before it partially collapsed in a landslide.</p><p>The report says Yeager employees noticed cracks in the overrun area's pavement in mid-2013. ...
Rain a factor in landslides
Mercer Island Reporter   16 March 2015   USA   Roanoke  
A 200-foot landslide along Dawn Drive
<p>Neighbors on S.E. 46th Street felt what they thought was an earthquake at about 1 a.m. on Monday morning. It turned out to be a 200-foot landslide that took out a chunk of their private road. The 45 homeowners who live on the street, near East Mercer Way, ...
Yeager Airport hillside collapses
Charleston Daily Mail   12 March 2015   USA   Kanawha County  
Yeager Airport landslide
<p>A worst-case scenario became reality Thursday when a large portion of the Yeager Airport hillside — which began experiencing some disturbing slippage over the weekend — collapsed into the valley along Keystone Drive, destroying at least one house, damaging ...
Oso landslide: a new video five minutes after failure
The Landslide Blog   11 March 2015   USA   Washington State  
Oso landslide
<p>In the last few days a video has emerged, via the Everett Herald, of the aftermath of the Oso landslide in Washington State, USA almost a year ago. The video, which has been uploaded to Youtube, was shot by Elizabeth Honnerlaw, who was driving on Highway ...
Our government’s big green idea: let’s subsidise natural disasters
The Guardian   25 February 2015   UK   Harbury  
Aerial view Landslip Harbury
<p>Three weeks ago, the landslip at Harbury in Warwickshire shut the main link between Manchester, Birmingham and the south, and the route between Birmingham and London Marylebone.</p>