61. Landslides - Forces Of Nature landslides introduction . A thick, heavy mass of muddy earth and debris slides down a hillside, collapsing an entire slope. The torrent of soil and water http://library.thinkquest.org/C003603/english/landslides/index.shtml

[ l a n d s l i d e s : i n t r o d u c t i o n ] A thick, heavy mass of muddy earth and debris slides down a hillside, collapsing an entire slope. The torrent of soil and water can crush houses, break through strong buildings, and sweep away people in a matter of seconds. Find out how to prepare, predict, and prevent against these phenomena by clicking on! format this page for printing

62. GEOP : GEOTECHNIQUE ET OUVRAGES DE PROTECTION CONTRE LES RISQUES NATURELS Specialises in protective structures providing protection against natural risks such as landslides, rockfalls and avalanches. Based in Veyrierdu-Lac. http://www.geop.fr/

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63. Glossary - Landslides - Forces Of Nature landslides glossary . Below are definitions of important landslide terms. angle of rest angle at which material will remain stable; angle of repose http://library.thinkquest.org/C003603/english/landslides/glossary.shtml?tqskip1=

64. California Department Of Conservation - Home Works to safeguard farmland and open space resources; regulate oil, gas and geothermal wells; study and map earthquakes, landslides, and mineral resources; reclamation of land used for mining; and promote beverage container recycling. http://www.consrv.ca.gov/

California Home Department of Conservation Beverage Container Recycling Land Resource Protection ... State Mining DOC Links About Us Contact Us Jobs Site Map ... Help/FAQ The Department of Conservation provides services and information that promote environmental health, economic vitality, informed land-use decisions and sound management of our state's natural resources. $10 Million Available in Recycling Market Development Grants DOC seeks innovative projects in recycling, processing and remanufacture of aluminum, glass and plastic bottles and cans. Learn more... Williamson Act Going Strong at 40, Still Protecting Ag Land California's primary land conservation program just turned 40. Read about its history, its heroes, and one county's success with it. Check it out...

65. American Red Cross What Are landslides and Debris Flows, and What Causes Them Learn whether landslides or debris flows have occurred in your area by contacting local http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_588_,00.html

For News, Safety Tips and Disaster Updates Blackouts Chemical Emergencies Drought Earthquakes ... Winter Storms Find Your Local Red Cross Enter Zip Code Here: Or Browse Through A List of Chapters! Circle of Humanitarians Look Who's Helping ... Disaster Services Landslide and Debris Flow (Mudslide) (PDF File) Why Talk About Landslides? What Are Landslides and Debris Flows, and What Causes Them Awareness Information ... What to Do After a Landslide Why Talk About Landslides? Landslides are a serious geologic hazard common to almost every state in the United States. It is estimated that nationally they cause up to $2 billion in damages and from 25 to 50 deaths annually. Globally, landslides cause billions of dollars in damage and thousands of deaths and injuries each year. Individuals can take steps to reduce their personal risk. Know about the hazard potential where you live, take steps to reduce your risk, and practice preparedness plans. Landslides are a serious geologic hazard common to almost every state in the United States. It is estimated that nationally they cause up to $2 billion in damages and from 25 to 50 deaths annually. Back to Top What Are Landslides and Debris Flows, and What Causes Them?

66. NATURAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS: LANDSLIDES landslides their extent and significance in the Caribbean. landslides are a significant process shaping the landscape of many Caribbean islands. http://isis.uwimona.edu.jm/uds/Landslides.html

NATURAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS LANDSLIDES GENERAL The USGS Landslide Information Centre and The U.S. Geological Survey's "Themes" Page and the Central Region's Geologic Hazard Web Page Covers landslides, as well as other geologic hazards. The landslide section include a digitized landslide map of the conterminous U.S. that shows both susceptibility and occurrence of slides. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Website provides "fact sheets' - including preparedness tips - concerning most natural and technological hazards. A fact sheet on landslides is available Fact Sheet LANDSLIDE and MASS EARTH MOVEMENTS by NGDC The International Landslide Research Group (ILRG) The International Landslide Research Group (ILRG) is an informal groupof individuals concerned about mass earth movement and interested in sharing information on landslide research. The ILRG Web site currently provides all back issues of the group's newsletters, with information about landslide programs, new iniatitives, meetings and publications, the experiences of people engaged in landslide research, and "any other information about landslide research that 'normal' journals will not accept." ILRG Newsletter Back Issues Landslide News Published by the Japan Landslide Society E-Mail: L-News@landslide.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp

67. CNN.com - Landslides Kill 11 In Northern Philippines - November 10, 2000 CNN http://www.cnn.com/2000/ASIANOW/southeast/11/10/philippines.landslide.reut/index

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68. NATURAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS: LANDSLIDES IN CUBA It seems reasonable to expect landslides to occur in the Baracos However, landslides are one of several geologic hazards considered in disaster planning http://isis.uwimona.edu.jm/uds/Land_Cuba.html

NATURAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS LANDSLIDES IN CUBA CUBA Cuba is directly south of Florida and west of the island of Hispaniola. With and area of 114,524 square kilometers, Cuba is the largest of the islands in the Greater Antilles (Rand McNally, 1988). It consists of a main island about 1290 kilometers long and 70 to 200 kilometers wide with many smaller offshore islands. The climate of Cuba is tropical. Annual rainfall varies from less than 800 to over 2200 millimeters for different parts of the island. The tradewinds tend to bring precipitation to the eastern end of the island. However, the presence of various highlands causes rainshadows where conditions are much drier. November to April is the wet season. The hurricane tracks results in most hurricanes affecting the western end of the island (Academia de Ciencias de Cuba, 1970). Physiography and Geology of Cuba Landslides in Cuba Literature review found no specific references to landslide activity on Cuba even where discussions on geomorphology, geology, or soils were present (Furrazola-Burmudez et al, 1964, Academia de Ciencias de Cuba, 1970). It seems reasonable to expect landslides to occur in the Baracos Highlands, Sierra Maestra, and the Escambray Mountains in eastern and Central Cuba. These areas receive the higher rainfall during the year, host many steep slopes, and include bedrock with lithologic and stratigraphic conditions which appear to favor landslide development. Failures in colluvial material leading to debris flows and debris slides are expected when intense rainfall from hurricanes and major tropical depressions affect the Sierra Maestra, Baracos Highlands, and the Havana and Matanzas Highlands.

69. Nepal Floods, Landslides Kill Eight CNN http://cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/07/23/nepal.floods.reut/index.html

70. Peninsulas Emergency Preparedness Committee - Landslides In Western Washington Helping family and neighborhoods prepare for earthquakes, volcanoes, fires and floods, in Gig Harbor, Key Peninsula, and Pierce County. http://www.pep-c.org/landslides/

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71. CNN.com - Landslides Rescue Gets U.S. Help - Dec. 22, 2003 CNN http://cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/12/21/philippines.landslide/index.ht

International Edition MEMBER SERVICES The Web CNN.com Home Page World U.S. Weather ... Autos SERVICES Video E-mail Newsletters Your E-mail Alerts RSS ... Contact Us SEARCH Web CNN.com Landslides rescue gets U.S. help A villager lights candles in tribute on the grave of one of the victims. Story Tools VIDEO Heavy rains have created mudslides, killing scores in the southern Philippines. PLAY VIDEO YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS Flood Disasters (General) Philippines or Create your own Manage alerts What is this? MANILA, Philippines The United States has offered military transport helicopters to assist rescue efforts after landslides devastated parts of the central and southern Philippines. At least 89 people have been killed and 23 listed as injured, Gen. Melchor Rosales, executive director of the National Disaster Coordination Center, told CNN on Monday. But 125 people are still missing and feared dead from the torrents of mud, rocks and dirt, he added. Blocked roads, downed power and telephone lines have hindered rescue crews who have been battling rain and mud with shovels and bare hands in the search for survivors. The landslides were triggered by six days of pounding rains and winds in six provinces near the Pacific Ocean late Friday to early Saturday with the majority of the casualties and missing in the southern Leyte province. Mindanao island was also hit hard.

72. Landslides In Wyoming Every year landslides occur in Wyoming, with some causing significant damage or The first of these is to increase awareness of landslides in Wyoming. http://www.wrds.uwyo.edu/wrds/wsgs/hazards/landslides/lshome.html

Landslides in Wyoming Wyoming landslides shown in red Click here to access Landslide Classification Scheme Click here to access Landslide Index Map (by 7.5 minute quad) Click here to access Landslide Index Map (by county) Parts of Wyoming have some of the highest landslide densities in the United States. Every year landslides occur in Wyoming, with some causing significant damage or disruption to daily activities These web pages have been generated for two reasons. The first of these is to increase awareness of landslides in Wyoming. The second is to provide citizens with a means to access current landslide data for the state. The landslides were mapped over a 15-year period by the Geologic Hazards Section of the Wyoming State Geological Survey. Over 850 7.5-minute quadrangles have been mapped for landslides. The Wyoming State Geological Survey (WSGS) and the Water Resources Data System (WRDS) are in the process of generating coverages of them for Wyoming. For information on or copies of landslide maps not yet represented on this website, contact: Wyoming State Geological Survey PO Box 3008 Laramie, WY 82072

73. Geohazards Natural Resources Canada Studies of earthquakes, flooding, landslides, and snow avalanches. http://sts.gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/geoh.htm

74. Global Disaster Watch - Natural Disasters Current worldwide natural disaster warnings and updates volcanoes, flooding and landslides, drought, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis / tidal waves, meteor showers, solar flares, wildfires, severe weather warnings, disaster archives, record-breaking disasters and earth games. http://home.att.net/~thehessians/disasterwatch.html

Global Disaster Watch http://home.att.net/~thehessians/disasterwatch.html CURRENT WORLDWIDE NATURAL DISASTERS Warnings and updates for: drought, earthquakes, flooding, hurricanes, landslides, meteor showers, severe weather warnings, solar flares, tsunamis, volcanoes, wildfires, plus disaster archives and record-breaking disasters. UPDATED AROUND MIDNIGHT(CST) AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS EVENTS OCCUR - latest updates marked with The latest news coming off the news wire Search my site: Enter Keywords: Help "When the time for action comes, the time for preparation has passed." Friday,September 23, 2005 - Largest quakes this morning - First 3 within 20 minutes of each other: mb5.0 QINGHAI, CHINA mb5.1 SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA mb4.7 KAZAKHSTAN-XINJIANG BORDER mb5.2 BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN, REGION Largest quakes yesterday mb5.3 RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN mb5.3 SOLOMON ISLANDS REGION mb5.3 SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE mb5.1 NORTHERN SUMATERA, INDONESIA mb5.0 (plus 4.6, 4.6, 4.9, 4.8) ETHIOPIA mb5.3 TONGA ISLANDS

75. Australian Government Emergency Management Australia - Landslides In Australia, landslides have killed at least 74 people since 1842, and have damaged or destroyed over 200 buildings. As individuals, we can help protect http://www.ema.gov.au/ema/emaInternet.nsf/AllDocs/RWP52CAEA593247B37BCA256C5A002

76. Jakarta Landslides Kill 5 CNN http://cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/01/29/indonesia.landslides.reut/inde

77. Emergency Management Australia - Schools - Landslide Menu THE NATURE OF landslides. How They are Caused. landslides usually involve the movement of large amounts of either earth, rock, sand or mud, http://www.ema.gov.au/agd/ema/emaschools.nsf/Page/RWPF98CABB36B90E441CA256C5D001

78. Jeff Greenfield: Of Landslides And Coattails - April 19, 2000 CNN http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/04/19/greenfield/index.html

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79. ScienceMaster - JumpStart - Volcanic Landslides landslides are large masses of rock and soil that fall, slide, landslides commonly originate as massive rockslides or avalanches which disintegrate http://www.sciencemaster.com/jump/earth/slides.php

Today is JumpStart - Earth Science Volcanic Landslides Volcanic landslides can be sudden and deadly Looking downstream along the Upper Toutle, at Mount St. Helens' debris avalanche. Photograph by Lyn Topinka on February 2, 1984 USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory Start of landslide What are volcano landslides? Volcano landslides range in size from less than 1 km to more than 100 km , reached speeds of 50-80 m/s (180-288 km/hr), and surged up and over a 400 m tall ridge located about 5 km from the volcano! Landslide enters valley Illustrations by B. Myers How are volcano landslides generated? Landslides are common on volcanoes because their massive cones (1) typically rise hundreds to thousands of meters above the surrounding terrain; and (2) are often weakened by the very process that created themthe rise and eruption of molten rock. Each time magma moves toward the surface, overlying rocks are shouldered aside as the molten rock makes room for itself, often creating internal shear zones or oversteepening one or more sides of the cone. Magma that remains within the cone releases volcanic gases that partially dissolve in groundwater, resulting in a hot acidic hydrothermal system that weakens rock by altering rock minerals to clay. Furthermore, the tremendous mass of thousands of layers lava and loose fragmented rock debris can lead to internal faults and fault zones that move frequently as the cone "settles" under the downward pull of gravity. These conditions permit a number of factors to trigger a landslide or to allow part of a volcano's cone to simply collapse under the influence of gravity:

80. Death Toll Rises In China Landslides CNN http://cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/east/08/17/china.weather.deaths.ap/index.html

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