Non-stop rain in Sudan caused a landslide to cover an entire village. The science of these natural disasters is simple. Preventing them is possible. Landslides are the most common geological event.

The British Geological Survey (BGS), which monitor landslides, define them as a mass movement of material, such as rock, ...

The erratic patterns of heat and rain are triggering landslides in Pakistan, even on a very busy and attractive mountainous ...

Rescue teams were struggling to reach affected areas in 11 cities and districts of North Sumatra province after the monsoon ...

In an instant, a landslide can level a home or even an entire community. Landslides aren't always slow-moving, avoidable events. Debris flows — a dangerous combination of earth, debris and water that ...

Sri Lanka has stopped passenger trains and closed roads in some parts of the country where landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains have caused more than 20 deaths ...

For years, a national database that tracks and maps landslides has had a major hole: Alaska. That’s about to change. The state released a database this week that pinpoints where thousands of slides ...

SEATTLE — Crews are working to clean up a landslide in Seattle’s Interbay neighborhood above Elliott Avenue. Seattle Fire Department says the rain started to chip away at the hole under an apartment ...

More than 4,500 people in Eugene-Springfield live on existing deep landslides. A new landslide research center based at University of Michigan is collaborating with University of Oregon and others to ...