Tomorrow marks one year since the devastating Wayanad landslide that shook the nation. The two vanished villages and the 298 ...

What we can learn from the ground Jennifer Bauer with Appalachian Landslide Consultants has spent decades tracking landslides in the Blue Ridge. She said Helene had nearly all the ingredients of a ...

Landslides can happen suddenly without any notice or slowly over time and can be triggered by heavy rainfall, erosion, or changes to the slope’s material that weakens its resistance to gravity.

A specific mix of rain, soil and rock triggered landslides on steep slopes after Hurricane Helene. After several days of rain had already fallen on the region, Hurricane Helene dumped almost two ...

The state last did a comprehensive landslide survey using LiDAR to accurately map the slopes of the Blue Ridge in 2017. This shows historic landslide sites, which Bauer said can be used to predict ...