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This 1995 landslide at La Conchita, a coastal town in California, swept away a hillside road and destroyed a number of houses.

Know how the 2007 landslide of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula affected the geography of the area and the native brown bears

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30 missing, homes buried in landslide in southwest China • Feb. 7, 2025, 10:51 PM ET (South China Morning Post)

Landslide kills several artisanal gold miners in southern Mali • Jan. 31, 2025, 2:17 AM ET (ABC News (U.S.))

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This 1995 landslide at La Conchita, a coastal town in California, swept away a hillside road and destroyed a number of houses.

Know how the 2007 landslide of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula affected the geography of the area and the native brown bears

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