2019年8月28日 · Here is an overview of the worst mudslides that have ever been recorded. In December 1999, in the highlands of Venezuela, excessive rainfall resulted in deadly mudslides that ravaged the country. The mudslides caused mass destruction, as thousands of people were living within its path, many of them in informal housing situations.

2021年9月23日 · Mudslides, formally known as mudflows, are events where a large amount of debris saturated with water begins to rapidly flow downhill. The worst mudslides in history have killed countless people, as the force of the flow and the potential for suffocation are both extremely high in those scenarios.

A Washington state geologist stated the slide was one of the largest landslides he had personally seen. The mud, soil and rock debris left from the mudslide covered an area 1,500 ft (460 m) long, 4,400 ft (1,300 m) wide and deposited debris 30 to 70 ft (9.1 to 21.3 m) deep.

2024年3月20日 · After the mountainside collapsed, obliterating a neighborhood and 43 lives in the worst landslide disaster in U.S. history, Jessica Pzsonka made a promise -– to herself, to her bereft parents and to her late sister, who was buried along with two young sons, her husband and in …

2022年5月26日 · Where Was the World’s Largest Mudslide? Vargas (1999) One of the worst tragedies in Venezuelan history is the mudslide of 1999. ©AVM / public domain – Original. Situated in Venezuela, South America, the state of Vargas had a population of a few hundreds of thousands of people in 1999.

A landslide apparently triggered a collapse of sediments at the mouth of the River Rhône, resulting in a submarine mudslide that triggered a tsunami which traveled the length of Lake Geneva, reaching a height of 16 metres (52 ft) in some places.

On March 22, 2014, a landslide devoured an entire subdivision of the town of Oso in Snohomish County, killing 43 people. It remains the deadliest landslide in U.S. history.

Among the worst of the tragedies was the burial of the local elementary school, ... He raised US$1.5 million to help the victims of the mudslides. The funds were used to purchase tents, blankets, cooking utensils, mosquito nets, temporary shelter materials, hygiene articles, water purification tablets and medicines. ...

2014年3月31日 · This devastating event, one of the worst mudslides in U.S. history, piled approximately 15 million cubic yards of mud, clay, and wood across the Stillaguamish River, state Highway 530, and into a community of homes, in total covering approximately one-square mile. [i] (View an interactive before and after map of the Washington State Oso Mudslide.)

4 天之前 · With more rain on the way, officials warned Sunday of an increasing risk of mudslides in Los Angeles County’s burn areas, with a 10% to 20% chance of significant flash flooding and debris flows ...