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The rainstorms that started on Sunday triggered landslides, shutting roads, prompting the evacuation of an entire town, forced an oil pipeline to close and delayed flights. About 275 people ...
Pages in category "Landslides in Canada" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Eastern and Central Canada 6 2 Industrial explosion [47] [48] [49] 2022 September 23–24 Hurricane Fiona: Hurricane Atlantic Canada: Eastern Canada 3 $660 million in insured damage making Fiona the most costly storm to hit Canada [50] [51] 2023 February 13 2023 East Ottawa explosion Explosion Ottawa, Ontario Eastern Canada 0 12 [52] 2023 March ...
Frank Slide, Turtle Mountain, Alberta, Canada. This list of landslides is a list of notable landslides and mudflows divided into sections by date and type. This list ...
The Frank Slide was a massive rockslide that buried part of the mining town of Frank in the District of Alberta of the North-West Territories, [nb 1] Canada, at 4:10 a.m. on April 29, 1903. Around 44 million cubic metres/110 million tonnes (120 million short tons) of limestone rock slid down Turtle Mountain . [ 1 ]
The landslide is still moving three-and-a-half to four-and-a-half feet per month — but it’s not accelerating anymore.” ... The husband-wife legal team working on 2 of today’s biggest ...
The landslide was caused by the presence of pre-existing tectonic structures (faults and shear zones) within the southwestern slope of Johnson Ridge. [14] The lower parts of the slide scar are underlain by felsite sheets (which may have failed first) while the upper parts of the slide scar are underlain by highly jointed Paleozoic greenstone beds. [3]
Animation of a landslide in San Mateo County, California Landslips Noire River (Rivière Noire), Saint-Alban landslide 1894, Quebec, Canada [1] [2] Landslides, also known as landslips, or rockslides, [3] [4] [5] are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, mudflows, shallow or deep ...