Landslide is a general term used to describe a variety of geologic processes involving the movement of fine-grained earth, coarse-grained debris, or rock down a slope under the influence of gravity. This broad definition of downslope movements includes...

A general term for the discrete downslope movement of rock and soil masses under gravitational influence along a failure zone. The term "landslide" can refer to the resulting land form, as well as to the process of movement. Many types of...

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Several of the wondrous geysers feared obliterated by a massive landslide on Russia's remote Kamchatka Peninsula reappeared Thursday after a drop in the water level in a lake formed by the flow of rock and mud, the World Wildlife Fund said.Sunday's landslide buried much of...

Air force helicopters on Saturday started evacuating dozens of sick and wounded people from the central tea growing region where landslides have killed at least 17 people, officials said.Thousands of others, some wailing at the loss of their homes and uncertain future, waited on high...

Soldiers and rescue workers on Thursday recovered 26 bodies from a bus buried in a landslide but held out little hope of finding survivors.Frantically digging through tons of earth and rock, hundreds of soldiers and rescue workers braved threats of additional slides to pull victims...