Learn about different aspects of landslides, their causes and mechanisms, mitigation and remediation techniques as well as the politics surrounding these events.
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Engineers have established a $2 million to $10 million plan to clean up a rock slide on Interstate 40 near the North Carolina-Tennessee line. The state Department of Transportation said unstable rocks will be removed first and then large boulders will...
It could take up to three months to completely clear debris on Interstate 40 after a rock slide early Sunday morning closed the highway in both directions at mile marker 3 in Haywood County, according to officials with the N.C. Department of...
Los Angeles County authorities said the communities most in danger of being hit by mudslides overnight included Big Tujunga Canyon, La Canada-Flintridge, La Crescenta and Glendale.
Authorities were watching the amount of rain that fails, the type of...
Governor Chris Gregoire declares a state of emergency following the huge Nile Valley landslide. The landslide completely wiped out a section of SR-410, isolating people from their homes. But, that's only half the equation, water is another issue, the...
A massive landslide about 10 miles west of Naches has closed Highway 410, destroyed a home and diverted the Naches River. Fear of flooding from the river has prompted authorities to begin evacuating residents. Several other homes have been damaged as...
