FEMA officials inspect a construction vehicle that went off the road on a section that had just been cleared of 15 feet of dirt from a landslide in Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, on Feb. 13, 2018. (FEMA/K ...
North Carolina's hazard mapping program is trying to better predict which landslide-prone places face threats in future ...
Landslides are a common hazard in the US. In fact, nearly 44% of the country could experience one, potentially catastrophically. Our new national landslide susceptibility map shows where they're most ...
Feb. 8—Hurricane Helene triggered over 2,000 landslides across Appalachia, according to an ongoing survey helmed by the United States Geological Survey. Per a publicly available interactive map ...
A retaining wall in North Fairmount partially collapsed in a landslide earlier this year. A new map showing the risk of landslides nationwide is based on research from a University of Cincinnati ...
Dr. Ben Mirus and Dr. Francis Rengers with the U.S. Geological Survey have been using laser scans and GPS cameras, accurate down to one inch, to map out landslides caused by Helene. They hope mapping ...
New maps of more than 1,000 deep-seated landslides in the Puget Lowlands of Washington State provide evidence of the last major earthquake along the Seattle Fault about 1,100 years ago -- and may also ...
Atlanta — When Hurricane Helene struck the Southeast about two weeks ago, devastating parts of North Carolina, it also triggered hundreds of landslides according to federal geologists who have been ...