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CNN: Earthquake buries homes under landslides in Hokkaido, Japan
2018-09-06 22:01:13| PortlandOnline
News story posted to CNN.com September 6, 2018.
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A Homeowner's Guide to Landslides for Washington and Oregon
2017-06-26 16:59:15| PortlandOnline
Landslide resource from the Washington Geological Survey and Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries.
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Wye River: landslides in the aftermath of a forest fire in Australia
2016-09-22 02:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AGU: The small town of Wye River, on the coast of Victoria in the southeast corner of Australia, suffered devastating forest fires in the summer of 2015. Wye River itself lost 98 homes -- one third of the town -- and a further 18 were lost in nearby Separation Creek. Over Christmas last year a desperate battle was fought to save the remainder of the town, successfully, but images of the aftermath remain horrifying: A well documented hazard in the aftermath of a large fire is the potential for increased...
Landslides, zika and beach loss Rio de Janeiro prepares for climate change
2016-08-07 06:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Change News: The day of the 2016 Olympic opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the mood is jittery. In the teeth of a recession and political crisis, the carnival city faces protests and health fears over the zika virus outbreak and polluted water. It wont stop half a million people showing up for two weeks of world class sporting drama. Meanwhile, as part of a drive to get cities involved in climate action, Rio has filed a report on the threats posed by global warming. Disclosed under the CDP cities...
As Glaciers Melt in Alaska, Landslides Follow
2016-07-06 07:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: An enormous landslide that spread rocky debris more than six miles across a glacier in southeastern Alaska last week was not the first to occur in the area, and certainly will not be the last. The slide, first noticed by Paul Swanstrom, a sightseeing pilot, on June 28, occurred when part of a mountain gave way near Lamplugh Glacier, in Glacier Bay National Park, about 100 miles northwest of Juneau. Photographs taken by Mr. Swanstrom several hours after the slide showed a dark mass spread over...
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