Mudslides

Mudslides In Southern Italy Kill At Least 3

AP | Posted 11.23.2011

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ROME -- Torrential rain battered eastern Sicily on Wednesday, where mudslides have killed at least three people and muddy torrents have swept away car...

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Cliff Collapse At Wisconsin Power Plant Triggers Mudslide

AP | By DINESH RAMDE | Posted 01.01.2012

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MILWAUKEE -- A section of cliff the size of a football field gave way Monday at a power plant in southeastern Wisconsin, creating a mudslide that sent...

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Women are Key to Global Conservation

Alliance for Global Conservation | Posted 06.29.2011

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Alliance for Global Conservation

In 1991, my 9-year-old daughter Rachel traveled with me to Guatemala where we were struck by the heartbreaking rural poverty and mudslides worsened by widespread deforestation.

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Life in the Water

Reverend Billy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reverend Billy

A short clip of Rev's sermon from last Sunday's Earthalujah service. Join us this week live in NYC and online at Revbilly.com. We have a schizophren...

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Floods And Mudslides Kill At Least 140

AP | JULIANA BARBASSA | Posted 05.25.2011

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RIO DE JANEIRO — Summer rains sent tons of red mud and torrents of water rushing down mountainsides in towns outside Rio, enveloping homes of ri...

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Brazil's Extreme Weather Kills At Least 13

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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AULO (AP) - Brazilian authorities say heavy rains have triggered mudslides and floods in southeastern Brazil, killing at least 13 people. (Scroll down...

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New Storm Evacuation Guidelines Issued For Mudslide Areas

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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As Los Angeles County braces for another storm, new evacuation protocols have been established for foothill neighborhoods threatened by mudslides, off...

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California Storm Evacuations: Los Angeles Braces For Mudslides

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — A storm headed for Southern California has renewed mudslide concerns and has residents of nearly 200 homes prepared to evacuate th...

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More Storms Coming To LA As Residents Scramble To Clean Up

AP | JACOB ADELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. — A new winter storm washed over the wildfire-scarred foothills north of Los Angeles Tuesday, leaving some resident...

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California Digs Out After Storm Triggers Mudslides

AP | RAQUEL MARIA DILLON | Posted 05.25.2011

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LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. — Residents evacuated from foothill communities deluged by weekend mudslides north of Los Angeles were allowed to r...

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California Storm Triggers Mudslides

AP | THOMAS WATKINS | Posted 05.25.2011

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LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. — Thunderous mudslides damaged dozens of homes, swept away cars and pushed furniture into the streets of the foothi...

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Precarious Homes Potentially Subject To Climate Change (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | ThienVinh Nguyen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Although the local and even regional effects of climate change will vary from place to place, natural disasters will likely be exacerbated as global t...

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California Storms Pass, For Now

AP | GILLIAN FLACCUS | Posted 05.25.2011

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SEAL BEACH, Calif. — The sky was blue and the sun bright for the first time in days after a week of powerful Southern California rain storms, bu...

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LA's Finest

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 05.25.2011

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Antonio Villaraigosa

I want to thank the LAFD and the LAPD for stepping up and performing at their best this week when Los Angeles was hit with several, severe rainstorms.

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Most Evacuations Lifted In Southern California

AP | JOHN ROGERS | Posted 05.25.2011

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LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. — Hundreds of evacuees were allowed Friday to return to their foothill homes as Southern California's week of light...

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State Of Emergency Declared In 5 Counties

AP | JOHN ROGERS | Posted 05.25.2011

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LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. — Hours of heavy rain fell Thursday on saturated Southern California as the fourth Pacific storm in a week came ash...

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Second In Series Of Storms Slams California, Tornado Warning Issued

AP | RAQUEL MARIA DILLON | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — The second in a series of powerful storms wreaked havoc Tuesday on Southern Califonia, crushing a woman to death with a fallen tre...

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Power outages Reported In California As Storm Moves In

AP | JOHN ANTCZAK | Posted 05.25.2011

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LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. — A heavy rainstorm that pounded Southern California's wildfire-scarred foothills with heavy rain moved on without ...

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California's Impending Mudslides: How To Stay Prepared

Posted 05.25.2011

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A powerful storm is poised to strike California on Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing with it the risk of flash floods and mudslides in the areas affecte...

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Vehicles Stuck On Southern California Highway After Mudslides

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Authorities say as many as 90 vehicles were stranded after mud and debris flowed down the hillside along a 12-mile stretch of Ange...

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Brazil Mudslide: 10 Dead, Houses Destroyed On Island Off Angra Dos Reis, Search Continues

AP | FELIPE DANA and TALES AZZONI | Posted 05.25.2011

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ANGRA DOS REIS, Brazil — A rain-soaked slab of hillside collapsed on three houses and an upscale waterfront lodge after New Year celebrations on...

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The Philippines: Destruction, Heartbreak and a Plea for Help

Ann M. Veneman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ann M. Veneman

Earlier this week I returned from a trip to the country, seeing first-hand some of the extensive damage and visiting with victims and relief workers.

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Government: 91 Dead In El Salvador Flooding

AP | DIEGO MENDEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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VERAPAZ, El Salvador — Mud and boulders loosened by heavy rains swept down a volcano and partly buried a small town Sunday, swallowing up homes ...

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90 Vehicles Trapped As California Faces Rain, Snow, Mud

AP | CHRISTOPHER WEBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Heavy rain tapered off, skies cleared and residents of the Los Angeles area foothills started returning home Sunday, a day after t...

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Deluge in rain-soaked Philippines kills over 160

AP | HRVOJE HRANJSKI | Posted 05.25.2011

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MANILA, Philippines — Driving rain on the heels of back-to-back storms triggered dozens of landslides across the northern Philippines on Friday,...

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