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22 hrs ago | KIRO-TV Seattle

Second Slide Blocks Chuckanut Drive In Whatcom County

A second rock slide on Chuckanut Drive just south of Bellingham left residents of about 200 homes stuck in the area for several hours early Friday.

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Related Topix: Whatcom County, WA, Bellingham, WA, Skagit County, WA

Yesterday | The Economist

Bagehot: Year zero

THE chief tools of the literary critic, T.S. Eliot wrote, are analysis and comparison.

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Related Topix: Conservatives (UK), Labour Party (UK)

Thu Nov 26, 2009

Chattanoogan.com

Commissioner Nicely: New Program Works To Identify, Address Potential Rockfall Sites

By 2005, we developed a list of nearly 2,000 locations vulnerable to rockslides.

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Related Topix: North Carolina

Wed Nov 25, 2009

The Hindu

Landslide-hit Ooty-Kotagiri Road thrown open to light vehicles

Good news: Light vehicle traffic being flagged off at Madithorai on Ooty-Kotagiri Road on Monday.

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Tue Nov 24, 2009

Stornoway Today

Engineers to assess landslip threat

Engineers are to assess a large crack in a cliff face above a coastal village amid warnings that residents may have to be evacuated.

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Related Topix: Weather

Mountain Xpress

Crews will work through Thanksgiving weekend on rock slide clean-up

From the N.C. Department of Transportation: RALEIGH - Workers from subcontractor Janod Construction today continued to set explosives in hopes of loosening a large rock mass blocking the middle of the slope.

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Mon Nov 23, 2009

WBIR-TV

Rock slides to mean heavier Thanksgiving traffic on detours

The town's gas station went dry and traffic backed up for a mile at times in the days after Hot Springs, N.C. became a pit stop for motorists avoiding the official Interstate 40 rock slide detour.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Hot Springs, NC, Asheville, NC

KIROTV

Fallen Trees, Power Outages, Slide Results Of Powerful Storm

High winds and soaking rain caused a huge tree to fall onto two homes, triggered a landslide and caused power outages in an ongoing storm Monday.

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Related Topix: Weather, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Greenwood (Seattle, WA), Fremont (Seattle, WA), Wallingford (Seattle, WA)

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Mirror.co.uk

Burt Lancaster movie village in landslide fear as deluge splits cliff

A village made famous by hit movie Local Hero was closed yesterday amid fears of a landslip after a crack appeared in a cliff.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Local Hero, Burt Lancaster, Weather

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Mountain Xpress

NC Dot engineer explains I-40 landslide & clean-up efforts

200,000 tons of rock fell. Two lanes are cleared for work trucks, but highway can't be reopened because of unstable rock.

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Related Topix: North Carolina Government, North Carolina

Fri Nov 20, 2009

KAAL

Biologists save fish after landslide

NILE, Wash. - A gigantic landslide that buried a highway, uprooted homes and rerouted a river in Washington state's Cascade Range left hundreds of smaller victims: fish.

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

Asheville Citizen-Times

Bev Perdue seeks federal loans for businesses hit by I-40 rock slide

Gov. Bev Perdue on Wednesday asked the federal government to make loans available to businesses losing money because of the Interstate 40 rock slide.

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Related Topix: Haywood County, TN

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Canada.com

Homes ordered evacuated in tiny N.L. town after landslides

The mayor of a small northern Newfoundland town, devastated by a series of landslides two years ago, says residents are in shock over a provincial decision this week to evacuate 23 more homes.

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Blackburn Citizen

Weather causes traffic chaos in East Lancashire

A LANDSLIDE hit a factory in Rossendale as torrential rain caused flooding chaos across East Lancashire.

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Related Topix: Weather, Lancashire County, England, United Kingdom, West Yorkshire County, England, World News,

CCTV

23 killed in Shanxi landslide

The landslide buried part of a village. Shoddy home construction may have played a role in the devastation.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

Construction Equipment Guide

Pic: I-40 Landslide May Take Six Months to Clear

Work begins on clearing a rock slide Oct. 27, 2009, on Interstate 40 in Haywood County, west of Asheville, N.C. Engineers plan to remove as much of the rock at the base of the slide as possible to all Click to enlarge photo.

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Related Topix: Haywood County, TN, Knoxville Metro, Knoxville, TN

KIROTV

Landslide Destroys Gig Harbor Garage, 2 Vehicles

Tons of dirt and mud wiped out a two-car garage after a huge landslide in Gig Harbor early Monday.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Mudflow, Weather

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Asheville Citizen-Times

Trucks to begin removing rock slide rubble on Interstate 40

Contractors clearing the rock slide blocking Interstate 40 near Tennessee plan to begin hauling away debris today, the N.C. Department of Transportation said.

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Related Topix: Tennessee Government, Tennessee

NBC13.com

Rock slide closes Chattanooga hwy for at least two months

Tennessee officials say a stretch of U.S. Highway 64 buried under a rock slide will not reopen for at least two months while the debris is cleared away.

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Related Topix: Ducktown, TN

Xinhuanet

Landslide buries unknown number of villagers in N China

A rescue operation is underway after a massive landslide buried part of a village in a rural area of north China's Shanxi Province on Monday.

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