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Landslides can be caused by increased human population, poor construction techniques, and poor-planned land use. [ 123 ] According to the latest census data provided by the Government of India , the population of Wayanad district increased 11-fold over the past century, from 75,149 in 1901 to 817,420 in 2011, within an area of 2,132 km 2 (823 ...
"Landslide movement continues to manifest at the ground surface in the form of scarps, fissures, grabens/sinkholes, tensional cracking, shear zones and thrust features," the city's latest report ...
Landslides are of course a global phenomenon, and scientists are identifying climate change-fueled landslide risks across the world. Cyclone Gabriel in New Zealand triggered more than 140,000 ...
2007 Chittagong mudslides: 123 Series of landslides caused by illegal hillside cutting and monsoon rains [136] [137] 24 July 2007 Mount Steele, Yukon Territory, Canada: Mount Steele: 108 MCM 0 A 400 m (1,312 ft) wide section of ice and rock fell from the north face of Mount Steele onto Steele Glacier. Reaching 252 km/h (157 mph), it traveled 5. ...
The National Weather Service (NWS) Los Angeles says that overly saturated ground – a result of recent poor weather and flooding – may raise the chances of further landslides in and around LA.
Drone view of houses as an evacuation warning is issued and electricity is turned off after recent landslides have effected the Portuguese Bend neighborhood of Rancho Palos Verdes, California ...
In his latest report, he noted that the landslide continues to affect new areas, moving in some spots as much as 13 inches a week. For decades, most areas saw movement closer to a few inches a ...
Writer T.C. Boyle, whose home was proximate to both the fire and mudslides, documented the collective trauma in The New Yorker magazine. [34] Cleanup efforts began a week after the initial mudflows, with debris being sent to the Ventura County Fairgrounds for sorting and the Calabasas Landfill for disposal. [35] [36]