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Mudslide in Everett, Washington impacts and derails a passing freight train

The Associated Press has posted a video of a mudslide that on December 18th 2012 was mobilized while a freight train was passing. Amazing coincidence or did the vibrations from the train contributed t...

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Waste Slide at a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill in the island of Zakynthos, Greece

Numerous news outlets in Greece report on Saturday the 26th of January, that a waste slide took place at the Municipal Solid Waste landfill of the island of Zakynthos in Greece. The slide took plac...

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Earthflow in Salzburg caught on video

BBC has shown a video from an earthflow that took place in Salzburg, Austria, causing a section of a forest to slide, with the trees on top, on the road below. See Video Source below to view the video...

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End-of-year Landslide in Andes mountains, Colombia, kills at least 5, around 20 are missing

The information in the international media is a bit sketchy, but what appears to be a huge landslide (see photo) claimed the life of construction workers as well as users of the roadway. Reportedly, c...

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Multiple Landslides in the UK in the last week, Dr. Dave Petley reports

The intense rainfall events that hit the UK last week, caused not only floods but landslides all over the country. Dr. Dave Petley analyzes six of the landslide events. See his postings here and h...

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Landslide eating away homes in Everett, Washington

Residents in Everett, Washington (USA) are devastated by progressive landsliding that slowly damages their houses. A geotechnical investigation is ongoing with the residents accusing a city drain. So...

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