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La Conchita landslide, photo taken 14 January 2005 La Conchita landslide, 1995. The town of La Conchita, California, experienced major landslides in 1995 and 2005. The latter landslide killed 10 people, and destroyed or damaged dozens of houses. The 2005 landslide occurred on part of a previous landslide that occurred in 1995.
La Conchita from the air, looking northeast; the landslides into the town are visible on the extreme right "La Conchita", Spanish for little conch shell, was first used as the name of a spur on the Southern Pacific railroad line in the 1880s and it was a name generally used to describe a broader area than the present day village.
January 3–5, 1982 landslides in San Francisco Bay Area. Landslides killed 25 people and caused at least $66 million in damage. [7] [8] Ten people were killed at Love Creek, near Ben Lomond. [9] 1996 Yosemite Valley landslide; La Conchita landslides in La Conchita, on January 10, 2005, killed 10 people and destroyed 18 homes. [10]
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 ...
My wife and I are 57, live in California and recently lost our multimillion-dollar home in a landslide — but the bank still chases us for our $6,950 mortgage.
In a coastal Southern California city where multimillion-dollar estates teeter above the Pacific Ocean, power remained intentionally severed Tuesday to about 245 homes as worsening landslides have ...
La Conchita, California, United States 2005 La Conchita landslide: 200,000 m 3: 10 Remobilization of colluvium from 1995 slide into a debris flow. [124] 17 Feb 2006 Southern Leyte, Philippines: 2006 Southern Leyte mudslide: 15 MCM 1,126 Rock-debris avalanche triggered by ten-day period of heavy rain [134] 3 Jun 2007
A landslide that began in 1956 destroyed 140 homes in the Portuguese Bend area of the city of Rancho Palos Verdes, and earth continues to move there. The slide coincided with construction of a ...