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Congressman Roger Mercado of Southern Leyte claimed in a Reuters interview that logging and mining done in the area three decades ago was the main culprit. [9] Dave Petley, professor at the International Landslide Centre, Durham University , told the BBC that the causes Mercado mentioned, if proven true, created a "dangerous combination" that ...
2006 Southern Leyte mudslide Main article: 2006 Southern Leyte mudslide On February 17, 2006, several mudslides caused by heavy rains, amounting over 200 cm (79 in), and a minor earthquake destroyed at least one town and many commercial and residential infrastructures, leaving hundreds dead.
A large landslide entered Sullorsuaq Strait, generating a megatsunami which struck Alluttoq Island, where it had a run-up height of 45 to 70 metres (148 to 230 ft). [15] ~2800 BCE Zion Canyon, Utah, US: 0.286 km 3: Landslide created the currently level floor of Zion Canyon inside Zion National Park. [21] ~1920 BCE Jishi Gorge, Qinghai Province ...
2006 Southern Leyte mudslide This page was last edited on 4 May 2023, at 13:01 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
Jesus Barron answered his wife's panicked phone call warning him that a mudslide was smashing into their bedroom in the hills of eastern Los Angeles County. Wendy Barron escaped their Hacienda ...
2006 Southern Leyte mudslide. A mudslide in Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte, Philippines, has buried more than 300 homes and an elementary school. An estimated 300 people are killed, with more than 1500 missing.
One of the wettest storms in Southern California history unleashed at least 475 mudslides in the Los Angeles area after dumping more than half the amount of rainfall the city typically gets in a ...
Storm damage, road closures, traffic collisions and evacuations across Southern California extended far beyond the Los Angeles city limits, encompassing a sprawling seven-county area of some 21 ...