mudslides

plural of mudslide

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Recent Examples of mudslides After months of fighting the effects of fires and mudslides, Duke’s Malibu has laid off the majority of its employees. Tom Tapp, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2025 What about mudslides, landslides and mudflows? Ron Lieber, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2025 Helene caught North Carolina mountain communities off guard last fall, unleashing historic floods, powerful mudslides and destructive winds that transformed picturesque landscapes into scenes of ruin. Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 19 Mar. 2025 The Context Recent severe storms, straight-line winds, flooding, landslides and mudslides have impacted several West Virginia counties. Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025 The heavy rains will likely trigger rockslides, mudslides and debris flows in steep terrain, especially in and around these areas. Ca Weather Bot, Sacramento Bee, 13 Mar. 2025 So much rain after devastating fires is always a recipe for potential disaster, so officials have urged residents in some burn zones in Pacific Palisades and Altadena to be prepared to evacuate amid concerns of flooding and mudslides. Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025 Parts of Los Angeles, Ventura and Orange counties saw flash flood warnings early Thursday, but Southern California’s heaviest rain let up by the afternoon – though the threat of mudslides will persist. Mary Gilbert, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025 Mario Tama / Getty Images The Pacific Coast Highway was closed early Thursday and lined with concrete barriers in the Palisades and Eaton fire areas, two months after homes and businesses there were devastated and the landscape left vulnerable to mudslides and subsidence. Patrick Smith, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025

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“Mudslides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mudslides. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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