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Washington State Workers to Install Equipment to Monitor Slow-Moving Landslide
Government Technology   06 December 2018   USA   Washington State  
Large containers line a road below the ridge, an effort to help block rocks and debris from reaching the highway. AP/ELAINE THOMPSON
<p>Geologists say the 20-acre, 200-foot-deep mass could continue sliding for years, if not decades, and will likely fall bit by bit into the quarry pit owned by Columbia Asphalt. It will not become a fast-moving, catastrophically damaging landslide, they say.</p> <p><br ...
Experts warn Bondo landslide danger may not be over
SWI   28 August 2017   Switzerland   Graubuenden  
The mountain village of Bondo in the Val Badosca in canton Graubünden was hit by a huge rock and mudslide on August 23 that began high on the 3,369-metre Piz Cengalo mountain (Keystone)
<p>Geologists say the Piz Cengalo mountain on the Swiss-Italian border, which collapsed last week causing a huge landslide in the Swiss village of Bondo, remains unstable. The dangers are preventing locals from returning and are hindering the clean-up operation. ...
Filed under: Natural Hazards
Haywood County plans for emergency landslide response, mapping to help
Mountain Xpresss   08 August 2016   Haywood County   USA  
General areas where landslides were reported in the July 15-16, 1916
<p>Haywood County Local Emergency Planning Committee hosted a Landslide Emergency Response Meeting at the Jonathan Creek Fire Department on August 4th. The purpose of the meeting was to bring together first responders, subjects matter experts, and emergency ...
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Santa Clara officials hope for FEMA grant to combat landslide
Concrete pillars that once supported land and homes are slowly washed away by erosion in Santa Clara Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. (Photo: Chris Caldwell / The Spectrum & Daily News)
<p>Santa Clara residents met Thursday night to get an update of what the city is doing to combat the slow-moving landslide threatening residents’ homes.</p><p>The city has applied for a grant of about $1,562,713 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...
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One year after fatal landslide, Mesa County issues warning to public
The Denver Post   26 May 2015   USA   Mesa County  
An aerial view of the Mesa County mudslide that was photographed on Monday, May 26, 2014. (AAron Ontiveroz, Denver Post file)
<p>One year after a landslide in Mesa County near Grand Junction that killed three people, new concerns have led officials to initiate a Level One response.</p><p>A Level One, under the Emergency Action Plan, means something has changed that requires a heightened ...
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Fund technology to prevent another Oso landslide
The Seattle Times   15 April 2015   USA   Seattle  
Oso landslide
<p>IN the aftermath of last year&rsquo;s lethal Oso landslide, the state Legislature has unanimously authorized an expanded state program to map slide-prone slopes and other geologic hazards. Equally important, the state would make that information more accessible ...