#landslides

#landslides

In March 1972, Kurt Stremberg's parents gave him a predawn ride from their house in northwest California to his friend's home in the tiny town of Klamath, about 20 miles south of Crescent City on Highway 101. Stremberg, then 24, and his buddy were going to hitch a ride on a log truck bound for San Francisco, catch a flight to Europe, and see the world.

Landslides are the most common geological event. That's a fact. They affect millions of people and cause many thousands of deaths. They often occur in countries with poor or inadequate infrastructure such as in Sudan's Marra Mountains region in late August 2025. Just the year before, in 2024, there were two major landslides in the same region. In Papua New Guinea, a reported 2,000 people were buried alive following a landslide in May 2024.

Anaheim Hills homeowners approved a property tax increase to fund groundwater pumps crucial for preventing landslides, acting as an insurance policy against disasters.

Yifan Zhang and colleagues suggest that regions with higher geological complexity are more prone to landslides, providing insights for better landslide prediction and management.

"The goal of this bill, Muratsuchi said, is to make sure that local governments like RPV can respond effectively to landslides by accessing county, state and federal disaster resources and support."