How to Use mudslide in a Sentence

mudslide

noun
  • The heavy rain triggered a mudslide.
  • To the north of the park, four mudslides have shutdown SR 410.
    Madeline Holcombe and Dave Alsup, CNN, 11 Feb. 2020
  • The rain could lead to flash floods and mudslides on the island.
    Joan Chrissos, miamiherald, 28 May 2018
  • Heavy rains in the area over the past two weeks have caused mudslides and flooding.
    Andrew Carter and Bruce Henderson, charlotteobserver, 31 May 2018
  • The rain last night caused a mudslide to destroy half of our home.
    Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Some of the roads covered by the mudslide took years to reopen.
    Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2021
  • When the mudslides started, part of a nearby hill crashed through the walls of my garage and gym.
    Carly Graf, Outside Online, 20 Apr. 2018
  • In 2017, a massive mudslide cut off much of the region for more than a year.
    Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 31 Jan. 2021
  • They had been awoken by a loud boom and the noise of the impending mudslide.
    Amanda Lee Myers, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Bare hillsides are at huge risk of erosion, even mudslides, in the rains.
    Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
  • They were also told that rain could increase the risk of flash floods and mudslides.
    Don Thompson, The Seattle Times, 5 Dec. 2018
  • State Route 70 remains closed after a mudslide blocked the road.
    Taylor Avery, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2021
  • The heavy rains also caused a mudslide in Burke County.
    Janice Dean, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2020
  • At least 30 people died in a mudslide on Nov. 17, according to the NHC.
    Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Nov. 2021
  • But a mudslide started and Stacy was forced to move his firetruck.
    NBC News, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Forecasters say the rain could cause mudslides and rock slides.
    Kathleen Ronayne, The Seattle Times, 21 Nov. 2018
  • Some survivors of the 2018 mudslide chose to change neighborhoods.
    Corina Knoll, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Many routes out of Asheville have closed due to flooding, downed trees and power lines, mudslides.
    Susanne Paola Antonetta, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Yet from the mountains above came a mudslide studded with enormous rocks and trees.
    Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 30 July 2023
  • Recently a crater opened up in Guayabetal, near the site of the biggest mudslide.
    The Economist, 28 June 2019
  • Amid the mudslide of legal questions set off by the end of Roe v. Wade is the role of local resistance.
    Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The West Coast is now bracing for days of rain and potential flooding and mudslides.
    Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Some roads collapsed due to flooding, which also saw mudslides hit the city, piling up stones of all sizes on the roads.
    Larissa Gao, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Sunday’s main mudslide reached 80 feet wide and 5 feet deep in areas.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 1 July 2021
  • Last year, more than 50 workers were buried in a mudslide buried at a jade mine in Hpakant after a lake collapsed.
    Helen Regan, CNN, 2 July 2020
  • Before the mudslide, the town had about 4,500 residents.
    Carol Kovach, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2020
  • After a 2008 mudslide, Cook’s was the place where neighbors dropped off clothing and food for neighbors in need.
    Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2023
  • But years ago, Valencia and his wife were hit hard by a mudslide that flooded their yard and took out his fence.
    Melissa Gomezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2022
  • This heavy rainfall could also lead to mudslides, especially in the mountainous terrain of Jamaica and southern Cuba.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Even after those fires were extinguished, damage to the environment caused mudslides that blocked Interstate 70 and triggered deadly flash flooding.
    Elise Schmelzer The Denver Post (tns), arkansasonline.com, 25 Nov. 2024

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