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  1. BBC: Ground truth: When the Earth moves, AI can spot it. “In the US, landslides kill 25-50 people each year and cause billions of dollars in damage. Worldwide, they claim thousands of lives annually. Predicting when and where they will happen is incredibly difficult. But developments in AI are making it possible, helping geologists identify thousands of slopes around the world that are at high […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/25/ground-truth-when-the-earth-moves-ai-can-spot-it-bbc/
  2. BBC: Ground truth: When the Earth moves, AI can spot it. “In the US, landslides kill 25-50 people each year and cause billions of dollars in damage. Worldwide, they claim thousands of lives annually. Predicting when and where they will happen is incredibly difficult. But developments in AI are making it possible, helping geologists identify thousands of slopes around the world that are at high […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/25/ground-truth-when-the-earth-moves-ai-can-spot-it-bbc/
  3. BBC: Ground truth: When the Earth moves, AI can spot it. “In the US, landslides kill 25-50 people each year and cause billions of dollars in damage. Worldwide, they claim thousands of lives annually. Predicting when and where they will happen is incredibly difficult. But developments in AI are making it possible, helping geologists identify thousands of slopes around the world that are at high […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/25/ground-truth-when-the-earth-moves-ai-can-spot-it-bbc/
  4. BBC: Ground truth: When the Earth moves, AI can spot it. “In the US, landslides kill 25-50 people each year and cause billions of dollars in damage. Worldwide, they claim thousands of lives annually. Predicting when and where they will happen is incredibly difficult. But developments in AI are making it possible, helping geologists identify thousands of slopes around the world that are at high […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/25/ground-truth-when-the-earth-moves-ai-can-spot-it-bbc/
  5. BBC: Ground truth: When the Earth moves, AI can spot it. “In the US, landslides kill 25-50 people each year and cause billions of dollars in damage. Worldwide, they claim thousands of lives annually. Predicting when and where they will happen is incredibly difficult. But developments in AI are making it possible, helping geologists identify thousands of slopes around the world that are at high […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/25/ground-truth-when-the-earth-moves-ai-can-spot-it-bbc/
  6. Roads cutting through mountain ranges and waterfalls
    Do they cause landslides and reactivate old ones?

    Temporary fix for Waterfall Way at Gordonville slip site
    "Waterfall Way has reopened between Bellingen and Dorrigo after temporary repairs to the Gordonville slip site. The temporary fix consists of a gravel filled shipping container wall, two containers high and eight containers long, attached to the rockface using nine high-strength steel anchors drilled deep into the rockface." >>
    insidelocalgovernment.com.au/t

    Video of landslide: Waterfall Way, Gordonville Crossing Landslip >>
    youtube.com/watch?v=ZGymAVc1u8g

    Do roads mean landslides are more likely? >>
    blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2015/01/16

    Could road constructions be more hazardous than an earthquake in terms of mass movement?

    "In this study, we report a distinct correlation of mass movements and major road constructions that explicitly shows human impact on mountainous environments which are under anthropogenic disturbance recently. Our results further suggest that slope instabilities increased drastically after major service road constructions for hydroelectric power plants and as well as other road extension works."

    "We also stress that the impact of road construction can disturb the natural slope equilibrium to an extent comparable with moderate (larger than 6 Mw) earthquakes."

    "Such an observation implies that human activities can have a large, if not even dominant, impact on landscape evolution and the natural regime of surface processes. This is part of the definition of “Anthropocene,” an age where our society shapes nature for our purposes, frequently at the risk of damaging ourselves."
    link.springer.com/article/10.1

    Image: Sisyphus, Franz von Stuck, 1920

    #roads #WaterFallWay #mountains #ecosystem #denudation #overloading #waterfalls #Bellingenshire #Dorrigo #landslides #landslips #infrastructure #cars #engineering #Sisyphus #mindsets #Anthropocene

  7. Roads cutting through mountain ranges and waterfalls
    Do they cause landslides and reactivate old ones?

    Temporary fix for Waterfall Way at Gordonville slip site
    "Waterfall Way has reopened between Bellingen and Dorrigo after temporary repairs to the Gordonville slip site. The temporary fix consists of a gravel filled shipping container wall, two containers high and eight containers long, attached to the rockface using nine high-strength steel anchors drilled deep into the rockface." >>
    insidelocalgovernment.com.au/t

    Video of landslide: Waterfall Way, Gordonville Crossing Landslip >>
    youtube.com/watch?v=ZGymAVc1u8g

    Do roads mean landslides are more likely? >>
    blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2015/01/16

    Could road constructions be more hazardous than an earthquake in terms of mass movement?

    "In this study, we report a distinct correlation of mass movements and major road constructions that explicitly shows human impact on mountainous environments which are under anthropogenic disturbance recently. Our results further suggest that slope instabilities increased drastically after major service road constructions for hydroelectric power plants and as well as other road extension works."

    "We also stress that the impact of road construction can disturb the natural slope equilibrium to an extent comparable with moderate (larger than 6 Mw) earthquakes."

    "Such an observation implies that human activities can have a large, if not even dominant, impact on landscape evolution and the natural regime of surface processes. This is part of the definition of “Anthropocene,” an age where our society shapes nature for our purposes, frequently at the risk of damaging ourselves."
    link.springer.com/article/10.1

    Image: Sisyphus, Franz von Stuck, 1920

    #roads #WaterFallWay #mountains #ecosystem #denudation #overloading #waterfalls #Bellingenshire #Dorrigo #landslides #landslips #infrastructure #cars #engineering #Sisyphus #mindsets #Anthropocene

  8. Roads cutting through mountain ranges and waterfalls
    Do they cause landslides and reactivate old ones?

    Temporary fix for Waterfall Way at Gordonville slip site
    "Waterfall Way has reopened between Bellingen and Dorrigo after temporary repairs to the Gordonville slip site. The temporary fix consists of a gravel filled shipping container wall, two containers high and eight containers long, attached to the rockface using nine high-strength steel anchors drilled deep into the rockface." >>
    insidelocalgovernment.com.au/t

    Video of landslide: Waterfall Way, Gordonville Crossing Landslip >>
    youtube.com/watch?v=ZGymAVc1u8g

    Do roads mean landslides are more likely? >>
    blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2015/01/16

    Could road constructions be more hazardous than an earthquake in terms of mass movement?

    "In this study, we report a distinct correlation of mass movements and major road constructions that explicitly shows human impact on mountainous environments which are under anthropogenic disturbance recently. Our results further suggest that slope instabilities increased drastically after major service road constructions for hydroelectric power plants and as well as other road extension works."

    "We also stress that the impact of road construction can disturb the natural slope equilibrium to an extent comparable with moderate (larger than 6 Mw) earthquakes."

    "Such an observation implies that human activities can have a large, if not even dominant, impact on landscape evolution and the natural regime of surface processes. This is part of the definition of “Anthropocene,” an age where our society shapes nature for our purposes, frequently at the risk of damaging ourselves."
    link.springer.com/article/10.1

    Image: Sisyphus, Franz von Stuck, 1920

    #roads #WaterFallWay #mountains #ecosystem #denudation #overloading #waterfalls #Bellingenshire #Dorrigo #landslides #landslips #infrastructure #cars #engineering #Sisyphus #mindsets #Anthropocene

  9. Roads cutting through mountain ranges and waterfalls
    Do they cause landslides and reactivate old ones?

    Temporary fix for Waterfall Way at Gordonville slip site
    "Waterfall Way has reopened between Bellingen and Dorrigo after temporary repairs to the Gordonville slip site. The temporary fix consists of a gravel filled shipping container wall, two containers high and eight containers long, attached to the rockface using nine high-strength steel anchors drilled deep into the rockface." >>
    insidelocalgovernment.com.au/t

    Video of landslide: Waterfall Way, Gordonville Crossing Landslip >>
    youtube.com/watch?v=ZGymAVc1u8g

    Do roads mean landslides are more likely? >>
    blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2015/01/16

    Could road constructions be more hazardous than an earthquake in terms of mass movement?

    "In this study, we report a distinct correlation of mass movements and major road constructions that explicitly shows human impact on mountainous environments which are under anthropogenic disturbance recently. Our results further suggest that slope instabilities increased drastically after major service road constructions for hydroelectric power plants and as well as other road extension works."

    "We also stress that the impact of road construction can disturb the natural slope equilibrium to an extent comparable with moderate (larger than 6 Mw) earthquakes."

    "Such an observation implies that human activities can have a large, if not even dominant, impact on landscape evolution and the natural regime of surface processes. This is part of the definition of “Anthropocene,” an age where our society shapes nature for our purposes, frequently at the risk of damaging ourselves."
    link.springer.com/article/10.1

    Image: Sisyphus, Franz von Stuck, 1920

    #roads #WaterFallWay #mountains #ecosystem #denudation #overloading #waterfalls #Bellingenshire #Dorrigo #landslides #landslips #infrastructure #cars #engineering #Sisyphus #mindsets #Anthropocene

  10. Roads cutting through mountain ranges and waterfalls
    Do they cause landslides and reactivate old ones?

    Temporary fix for Waterfall Way at Gordonville slip site
    "Waterfall Way has reopened between Bellingen and Dorrigo after temporary repairs to the Gordonville slip site. The temporary fix consists of a gravel filled shipping container wall, two containers high and eight containers long, attached to the rockface using nine high-strength steel anchors drilled deep into the rockface." >>
    insidelocalgovernment.com.au/t

    Video of landslide: Waterfall Way, Gordonville Crossing Landslip >>
    youtube.com/watch?v=ZGymAVc1u8g

    Do roads mean landslides are more likely? >>
    blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2015/01/16

    Could road constructions be more hazardous than an earthquake in terms of mass movement?

    "In this study, we report a distinct correlation of mass movements and major road constructions that explicitly shows human impact on mountainous environments which are under anthropogenic disturbance recently. Our results further suggest that slope instabilities increased drastically after major service road constructions for hydroelectric power plants and as well as other road extension works."

    "We also stress that the impact of road construction can disturb the natural slope equilibrium to an extent comparable with moderate (larger than 6 Mw) earthquakes."

    "Such an observation implies that human activities can have a large, if not even dominant, impact on landscape evolution and the natural regime of surface processes. This is part of the definition of “Anthropocene,” an age where our society shapes nature for our purposes, frequently at the risk of damaging ourselves."
    link.springer.com/article/10.1

    Image: Sisyphus, Franz von Stuck, 1920

    #roads #WaterFallWay #mountains #ecosystem #denudation #overloading #waterfalls #Bellingenshire #Dorrigo #landslides #landslips #infrastructure #cars #engineering #Sisyphus #mindsets #Anthropocene

  11. Niscemi, #Italy
    Homes perch along a landslide in the hilltop town of Niscemi on the Italian island of Sicily. About 1,500 people have so far been evacuated from their homes because of the landslide, which began to show signs of movement on Sunday before developing a 2.5 mile-long front. The chasm continues to widen, raising fears it could swallow the town’s historic centre.

    Photograph: Fabrizio Villa/Getty Images

    #photography
    #landslides
    #ClimateChangeDiary

  12. The mountain is falling off on Waterfall! Way due to traffic overloading

    "The road is a key tourism and agricultural route between north-west NSW and the coast, vital for the transport of livestock, dairy and produce over the Great Dividing Range...We've had 150 tonnes coming down over the initial 50 tonnes of material that fell."
    >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-01-29/far

    Landslide susceptibility near highways is increased by 1 order of magnitude in the Andes of southern Ecuador, Loja province
    "Mountain roads in developing countries are known to increase landslide occurrence due to often inadequate drainage systems and mechanical destabilization of hillslopes by undercutting and overloading." >>
    nhess.copernicus.org/articles/

    #roads #landslides #slopes #traffic #trucks #waterfalls #mountains #Dorrigo #MidNorthCoast #NSW #tourism #FossilFuels #climate #WaterFallWay

  13. The mountain is falling off on Waterfall! Way due to traffic overloading

    "The road is a key tourism and agricultural route between north-west NSW and the coast, vital for the transport of livestock, dairy and produce over the Great Dividing Range...We've had 150 tonnes coming down over the initial 50 tonnes of material that fell."
    >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-01-29/far

    Landslide susceptibility near highways is increased by 1 order of magnitude in the Andes of southern Ecuador, Loja province
    "Mountain roads in developing countries are known to increase landslide occurrence due to often inadequate drainage systems and mechanical destabilization of hillslopes by undercutting and overloading." >>
    nhess.copernicus.org/articles/

    #roads #landslides #slopes #traffic #trucks #waterfalls #mountains #Dorrigo #MidNorthCoast #NSW #tourism #FossilFuels #climate #WaterFallWay

  14. The mountain is falling off on Waterfall! Way due to traffic overloading

    "The road is a key tourism and agricultural route between north-west NSW and the coast, vital for the transport of livestock, dairy and produce over the Great Dividing Range...We've had 150 tonnes coming down over the initial 50 tonnes of material that fell."
    >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-01-29/far

    Landslide susceptibility near highways is increased by 1 order of magnitude in the Andes of southern Ecuador, Loja province
    "Mountain roads in developing countries are known to increase landslide occurrence due to often inadequate drainage systems and mechanical destabilization of hillslopes by undercutting and overloading." >>
    nhess.copernicus.org/articles/

    #roads #landslides #slopes #traffic #trucks #waterfalls #mountains #Dorrigo #MidNorthCoast #NSW #tourism #FossilFuels #climate #WaterFallWay

  15. The mountain is falling off on Waterfall! Way due to traffic overloading

    "The road is a key tourism and agricultural route between north-west NSW and the coast, vital for the transport of livestock, dairy and produce over the Great Dividing Range...We've had 150 tonnes coming down over the initial 50 tonnes of material that fell."
    >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-01-29/far

    Landslide susceptibility near highways is increased by 1 order of magnitude in the Andes of southern Ecuador, Loja province
    "Mountain roads in developing countries are known to increase landslide occurrence due to often inadequate drainage systems and mechanical destabilization of hillslopes by undercutting and overloading." >>
    nhess.copernicus.org/articles/

    #roads #landslides #slopes #traffic #trucks #waterfalls #mountains #Dorrigo #MidNorthCoast #NSW #tourism #FossilFuels #climate #WaterFallWay

  16. The mountain is falling off on Waterfall! Way due to traffic overloading

    "The road is a key tourism and agricultural route between north-west NSW and the coast, vital for the transport of livestock, dairy and produce over the Great Dividing Range...We've had 150 tonnes coming down over the initial 50 tonnes of material that fell."
    >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-01-29/far

    Landslide susceptibility near highways is increased by 1 order of magnitude in the Andes of southern Ecuador, Loja province
    "Mountain roads in developing countries are known to increase landslide occurrence due to often inadequate drainage systems and mechanical destabilization of hillslopes by undercutting and overloading." >>
    nhess.copernicus.org/articles/

    #roads #landslides #slopes #traffic #trucks #waterfalls #mountains #Dorrigo #MidNorthCoast #NSW #tourism #FossilFuels #climate #WaterFallWay

  17. Natural Hazards: Generating landslide archive inventories for Türkiye using web scraping and natural language processing techniques. “…we developed an automated approach that integrates web scraping, natural language processing (NLP), and geocoding techniques using digital media news sources in Türkiye to create a landslide archive inventory. Our algorithm verified 1727 of the 3051 news […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/29/natural-hazards-generating-landslide-archive-inventories-for-turkiye-using-web-scraping-and-natural-language-processing-techniques/
  18. 2nd #AtmosphericRiver to flood #California with firehose of rain into Christmas

    #HeavyRain and #flooding problems experienced in the #Northwest in recent weeks from atmospheric rivers will shift farther south into California through Christmas Day with major travel disruptions and safety concerns.

    By Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist

    Published Dec 21, 2025

    "Two main atmospheric rivers will force copious amounts of #Pacific moisture into #California this week. Heavy rain with incidents of flooding, washouts and mudslides will expand and shift from north to south over the state, leading to travel disruptions at the very least and posing some risk to lives and property in extreme cases. The #SierraNevada will receive many feet of snow as freezing levels lower through the week and the region is affected by both atmospheric rivers.

    "The storms are hitting at a busy time of the year, with many traveling short and long distances, running errands and planning outdoor activities.

    "The first atmospheric river was already in progress and will continue to focus on Northern to Central California into Wednesday. A second atmospheric river is forecast to develop and concentrate on Central and Southern California from Tuesday night through Christmas Day. But even beyond Christmas, lingering moisture will lead to additional rounds of showers and mountain snow, according to AccuWeather.

    "Through Wednesday, much of the #Sacramento Valley and the #SanFrancisco Bay region will receive 2-4 inches of rain with locally higher amounts. The anticipated rainfall for San Francisco in the stormy pattern into next weekend will bring from one to two times the historical average for December.

    "On the west- and southwest-facing mountainsides of the Coast Ranges and the Sierra Nevada, 4-12 inches of rain will pour down with an AccuWeather Local StormMax™ of 20 inches.

    "At times, multiple inches of rain can fall in a matter of hours, overwhelming storm drains and causing small streams and short rivers to quickly overflow their banks. As the ground becomes saturated, the risk of debris flows, road washouts and hillside collapses will increase substantially.

    "From Tuesday night to early Friday, the second atmospheric river will spray rain of varying intensity throughout Central and Southern California.

    "A general 4-6 inches of rain is forecast to fall on the Los Angeles basin. Downtown, L.A. had seven times its historical average monthly rainfall for November with 5.53 inches. While no rain has fallen so far in L.A. this month, from two to three times December's average rainfall of 2.48 inches may occur with the stormy pattern from Tuesday to Saturday.

    "On the southwest-facing hillsides of the Transverse Ranges, 6-12 inches will pour down with an AccuWeather Local StormMax™ of 16 inches. Even in many desert areas of Southeastern California, between 0.25 of an inch to 1 inch of rain is expected to fall.

    "Just as with the first atmospheric river up north, rain will be drenching, leading to rapid urban flooding and flooding of small streams and short-run rivers, along with mudslides, washouts and the potential for hillside slides in Southern California. "

    Source:
    accuweather.com/en/severe-weat

    #ClimateChange #AtmosphericRivers #ExtremeWeather #ExtremeRain #Landslides #Flooding #ExtremeWx

  19. #California Issued Warning Over ‘Onslaught’ of #AtmosphericRivers

    By Amanda Greenwood, Dec 17, 2025

    "Following last week’s atmospheric rivers—which triggered flooding in the #Cascades and #WashingtonState—the #WestCoast is facing another series of storms, now shifting south. These systems are expected to bring heavy rain and mountain snow to #Oregon and #NorthernCalifornia from Wednesday into the weekend and next week, according to senior meteorologists at The Weather Channel.

    "In summary, these meteorologists have forecast that Wednesday could bring heavy rain and high winds to the northwest and far northern parts of California, lessening to showers on Wednesday afternoon.

    "Another atmospheric river will then hit #Oregon, Washington, #Idaho, and #Montana on Thursday, bringing snow and rain. By Friday, the system is expected to move into southern Oregon and northern California, particularly affecting areas north of the Bay Area. Over the weekend, there is a concern that northern California will be badly affected by rainfall on Sunday, with locally heavy rain forecast to return to Oregon and Washington.

    "They've predicted that the heaviest rainfall is expected to fall over the weekend, in western Oregon and northern California, particularly #Siskiyou and coastal ranges along the California coast, where up to 5 inches of rain is forecast. This is likely to cause #FlashFlooding and possibly even #landslides—especially in areas that have recently experienced #wildfires.

    "Already flooded areas in Washington—particularly the Skagit, Snohomish, Green, White, Cowlitz, Chehalis, and Yakima Rivers—could experience secondary crests, a later rise in river levels, from the additional rainfall. Although levels aren’t expected to be as high as last week, it could cause 'major flooding,' especially along the #SkagitRiver."

    Read more:
    newsweek.com/california-issued

    #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #USWestCoast #ClimateCrisis

  20. How to help WA flood victims (with links to Relief organizations)

    A week of heavy flooding has devastated communities across Western Washington, destroying homes and forcing evacuations. And it’s not over yet: The National Weather Service on Saturday forecast more rainfall and wind in the coming days, as well as risk of additional flooding and landslides this week.

    Paywalled (for shame!): seattletimes.com/seattle-news/
    Unpaywalled link: archive.ph/xx8Sp

    #Flood #Flooding #Levee #Breach #Rain #Rainfall #Landslide #Landslides #Wind #Evacuation #Seattle #KingCounty #Washington

  21. Degradation caused by human activities:
    "Indonesian environmentalists blame rapid forest loss in Sumatra for severity of deadly floods."

    "Environmental groups say the government is hypocritical and partly to blame for the destruction, given its approval of mining and logging permits. Environmentalists want an official audit of land use in Sumatra and other Indonesian islands, saying extractive industries combined with disasters could produce more devastation."

    "...The floods and landslides that have devastated parts of Sumatra have been made worse by extensive deforestation driven by the approval of hundreds of extractive permits... Deforestation and mining activities in Sumatra had intensified the effects of the disaster and led to more deaths."

    "Data from the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry showed in Sumatra there were at least 1,907 active mining permits covering a total area of almost 2.5 million hectares."
    >>
    abc.net.au/news/2025-12-04/why
    #floods #landslides #diy #extractivism #deforestation #mining #energy #LoggingImpacts #PulpPaper #EU #EudR #forests #climate #plantations #extractivism #biodiversity #governance #IndoPacific

  22. Did deforestation worsen Sumatra disaster? Indonesia to trace timber, summon companies to explain

    JAKARTA: Indonesia will summon eight companies suspected of contributing to deadly flooding in North Sumatra’s Batang Toru watershed as…
    #NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #Australia #Deforestation #disaster #flashfloods #Indonesia #landslides #NorthSumatra #Science #Sumatra
    newsbeep.com/au/322743/

  23. More than 30 dead and 14 missing as heavy #rains trigger #landslides and floods in #SriLanka

    https://apnews.com/article/sri-lanka-weather-landslides-floods-ef3a2354448a7ec58cfe4ac5d8f750d1

    Sri Lanka has stopped passenger trains and closed roads in some parts of the country where landslides and #floods triggered by heavy rains have caused more than 30 deaths.

  24. Underwater #landslides are a #geohazard across many #submarine slopes. Some of these are retrogressive, evolving upslope as a sequence of migrating collapse on a single basal failure occurring one after the other, only a few millennia apart.

    Link: sciencedirect.com/science/arti

  25. Clear-felled forests on erosion-prone land are one bad rainstorm away from disaster.

    Sash and sediment discharges. "We argue that the standards should set limits to the size and location of clear-felling areas on erosion-susceptible land." >>
    theconversation.com/one-bad-ra
    #erosion #LoggingImpacts #NSWLogging #regulation #forests #FCNSW #plantations #DIYDisasters #landslides