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| 2010 | |
| February | |
| 2010-02-05 | Mudslide closes Rivers Rd at Lower Portland (Hills Shire Times) AUSTRALIA Mudslide forces road closure, Hills Shire, Australia. |
| 2010-02-04 | Highway Reopens After Rockslide, Accident Injures 1 (WYFF4.com) USA Rockslide on Old Clemson Highway causes two car crashes, one injury, Oconee County, South Carolina. |
| 2010-02-04 | Landslide and train derailment – Blue Mountains (Australia.to News) AUSTRALIA Railway embankment collapses onto Great Western Highway disrupting eastbound traffic, Wentworth Falls, Australia. |
| 2010-02-01 | One confirmed dead in quarry accident (Capital News) KENYA At least four people trapped in collapsed quarry, one body recovered so far, Muranga, Kenya. |
| 2010-02-01 | Landslide Cut Inter-Regency Road in West Java (TempoInteractive) INDONESIA Traffic diverted by landslide Tenjowaringin Village, Salawu Subdistrict, West Java. |
| January | |
| 2010-01-31 | Homes half buried in Basque country landslide (ThinkSpain.com) SPAIN Heavy rain caused landslide that inundated first floor of apartment building, no injuries. |
| 2010-01-29 | Two homes evacuated after landslide opens huge crater (The Local) GERMANY Landslide opens crater on site of former calcium salt mine, Tiefenort, Germany. |
| 2010-01-28 | Floods prompt Bolivia emergency (BBC News) BOLIVIA 72 homes destroyed by landslide in Bolivian capital of La Paz |
| 2010-01-27 | Pennan is hit by another landslip as rocks crash close to four homes (The Press and Journal: Aberdeen, Inverness and Highland News) SCOTLAND. Residents asked to stay away from local footpath for fear of another landslip, Pennan, Scotland, |
| 2010-01-27 | Glissement de terrain à St-Wenceslas (Le Courrier Sud) CANADA. Southbound lanes of Route 161 blocked by mudslide near St-Wenceslas, Quebec. |
| 2010-01-26 | Mudslide destroys Clay County home (WYMT News) USA. House destroyed by mudslide when side of mountain gave way, Clay County, Kentucky. |
| 2010-01-26 | Seven die in Peruvian landslide (Radio Netherlands Worldwide) PERU. At least 7 dead in landslide caused by heavy rains at Machu Picchu; tourists stranded, train service cut off. |
| 2010-01-25 | Rains cause mudslide, Mon Wharf closed (Pittsburgh Post_Gazette) USA. McArdle Roadway closed for a few hours following mudslide, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
| 2010-01-25 | Heavy rain causes flooding, mudslides (Winston-Salem Journal) USA. Lanes of highway blocked by mudslide, Tobaccoville, North Carolina. |
| 2010-01-25 | Mudslide Closes Montlake Road (WRCBTV Eyewitness News) USA. Main road closed by mudslide, Hamilton County, Tennessee. |
| 2010-01-25 | Mudslide hits St-Jacques Street (CBC News) CANADA. Access to expressway restricted by landslide in Montreal, Quebec. |
| 2010-01-25 | Flooding brings headaches (Roanoke Times) USA. Drivers stranded by landslides in West Virginia. |
| 2010-01-24 | Attorney to host 'homeowners rights' meeting for residents in landslide area (WOAI.com) USA. Residents concerned after landslide in San Antonio neighbourhood, Texas. |
| 2010-01-23 | Worker, three-year-old die in separate accidents southern Vietnam (Thanh Nien News) VIETNAM. Child killed in early morning landslide, Ve village, Van Chan District, Vietnam. |
| 2010-01-22 | Residents angry over second village landslide (Banffshire Journal) SCOTLAND. Yards filled with landslide debris in Gardenstown, Scotland. |
| 2010-01-20 | Downed power lines force closure of Highway 17 (Palo Alto Online) Southbound lanes of Highway 17 closed due to mudslide, Santa Clara County, California. |
| 2010-01-20 | Storm takes out power on coast; lights still on in Ukiah (Ukiah Daily Journal) Small mudslide on Mendocino Drive, Ukiah, California. |
| 2010-01-20 | Storm brings road closures throughout Sonoma County (Santa Rosa Press Democrat) Road closures caused by mud and rock slides in Sonoma County, California. |
| 2010-01-20 | Stormy weather expected to linger over the weekend (Mercury News) Highway 35 traffic restricted to one lane by mudslide, Silicon Valley, California. |
| 2010-01-20 | Slide cuts off trail (KONP Radio) Recreational train closed due to landslide, Port Angeles, Washington. |
| 2010-01-20 | Landslide closes eastbound lane on Western Kentucky Parkway (Henderson, Kentucky Gleaner) Some eastbound lanes of Western Kentucky Parkway closed near Caldwell-Hopkins County line by landslide. |
| 2010-01-20 | House And Cars Damaged In Landslide (Brudirect.com) One house and two cars damaged in landslide, Mukim Pengkalan, Brunei. |
| 2010-01-20 | Sheriff warns boaters of landslide in Clackamas River (KATU.com) Landslide and fallen trees block part of Clackamas River in an area that receives heavy boat traffic. |
| 2010-01-20 | Missing victim found dead in Wonosobo landslide (Jakarta Post) Four dead, 2, missing, 5 injured in landslide, Wonoaji, Central Java. |
| 2010-01-19 | Monterey County emergency crews set for worst weather day of the week (The Californian) Street covered with debris in mudslide, North Monterey County, California. |
| 2010-01-19 | Okanogan Sheriff: 'There's just water everywhere' (Wenatchee World) Loomis Highway closed by mudslide, Okanogan County, Washington. |
| 2010-01-19 | Orange County Tornado Repealed, Harsh Rain and Mudslides Damage Homes (Associated Content) Mudslide damage to homes reported in Southern California. |
| 2010-01-19 | Mudslide blocks train tracks north of Seattle (Seattle Times) Third slide in four days blocks railway tracks north of Seattle. |
| 2010-01-19 | Briton among seven dead as flash floods strike Egypt (Metro.co.uk) Two women killed when their homes collapsed in a landslide, Egypt. |
| 2010-01-19 | Huge Boulder Falls Onto W.Va. Route 2; Traffic Reduced To One Lane (WTOV9 News) Part of Route 2 blocked by landslide, Hancock County, West Virginia. |
| 2010-01-18 | Villaraigosa says emergency teams deployed over rain, cautions drivers as some intersections flood (Los Angeles Times) Very small mudslide on Blanchard Canyon Road, Los Angeles, California. |
| 2010-01-18 | In a moment, forest hike takes dangerous turn (Ventura County Star) Two teenagers and a grandfather narrowly escape mudslide and drowning, Ventura, California. |
| 2010-01-18 | Three Dead as Southern Peru River Bursts Its Banks (Latin American Tribune Herald) 40 families displaced by mudslides, Huancavelica, Peru. |
| 2010-01-18 | Early morning mudslide blocks 101 (Contra Costa Times) Highway 101 blocked by mudslide in Sausalito, California. |
| 2010-01-18 | Landslide kills 2 in Abbottabad (The News International) Two people killed by al landslide while working in a ravine, Abbottabad, Pakistan. |
| 2010-01-18 | Temburong telecom service restored after landslide (Brunei.fm) Landslide caused by heavy rain damages some telecom cables in the Temburong District, Brunei. |
| 2010-01-17 | Slide closes Hurricane Ridge Road at Olympic National Park (Tacoma News Tribune) Hurricane Ridge Road in Olympic National Park, Washington, undercut by landslide, closed indefinitely. |
| 2010-01-16 | Flooding leads to road closures (BBC News) M74 and other roads in southern Scotland closed for a few hours after heavy rain caused landslides. |
| 2010-01-14 | Rain-soaked landslide damages Qualicum home (Victoria Times Colonist) Qualicum, BC home pushed off foundation by landslide, no one hurt. |
| 2010-01-14 | Highway 18 reopens today after last week's landslide (Seattle Times) Highway 18, near Auburn, Washington, reopened after a mudslide obstructed traffic last week. |
| 2010-01-13 | Two NA convoys stranded in Haiti (Republica) Two Nepalese Army convoys stranded but safe following landslide caused by massive earthquake, Kenskoff, Haiti. |
| 2010-01-13 | Landslides cut off roads in south (B92 News) SERBIA Landslides cut off 12 villages populated mainly by elderly people in the Medveda municipality of southern Serbia. |
| 2010-01-12 | Rain Triggers Mudslide In West Seattle (KIROTV.com) USA Mudslide triggered by rain closes road in West Seattle, Washington. |
| 2010-01-12 | Peur sur le lotissement Oviri à Mahina (La Dépêche de Tahiti) TAHATI Terrace in subdivision collapses, Mahina, Tahiti. |
| 2010-01-12 | Landslide kills one in Balikpapan (Jakarta Post) INDONESIA One worker killed by landslide in Balikpapan, Indonesia; locals had been warned of landslide danger by geologists. |
| 2010-01-11 | Damaged Hydrant Caused Mudslide (NBC San Diego) USA Local business damaged in mudslide triggered by broken fire hydrant, Scripps Ranch, California. |
| 2010-01-11 | Concerns for main road following landslide (Isle of Man.com) ISLE OF MAN (UK) Homes and roads threatened by landslide, Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. |
| 2010-01-10 | Three Members of Family Die in Mudslide in Ecuador (Latin American Herald Tribune) ECUADOR Three family members killed and two injured in highway mudslide in Ecuador's Tandapi sector |
| 2010-01-10 | NWA work teams clear roads in several parishes (RadioJamaica.com) JAMAICA Several roads affected by landslides, flooding and fallen trees following heavy rain in Jamaican parishes of Portland, St. Mary and Trelawny. |
| 2010-01-09 | Glissement de terrain sur un chantier en centre-ville (varmatin.com) Building site in La Seyne-sur-Mer, France damaged in mudslide. |
| 2010-01-07 | Falling rocks create traffic hazard on highway (Kathimerini English Edition) GREECE Rockfall caused traffic to be diverted on Greek highway between Ioannina and Arta. |
| 2010-01-06 | Angler killed as cliff collapses (BBC.co.uk) ENGLAND Fisherman killed when cliff collapsed near Newbiggin, Northumberland, England. |
| 2010-01-06 | Three dead, five injured in Swabi landslide (Daily times.com.pk) PAKISTAN Three labourers killed and five others injured in landslide in Pakistan's Swabi region. |
| 2010-01-04 | Italian Tour Guide Dies First Day On The Job In Chile (Santiago Times) CHILE Brazilian tourist injured in a snow and mud slide while hiking Villarica volcano, southern Chile. |
| 2010-01-04 | Pilgrim injured in landslide near Vaishnodevi shrine (KashmirLive.com) INDIA One person injured in a landslide on her way to the Vaishnodevi cave shrine in Reasi district, Kashmir. |
| 2010-01-04 | Quake-driven landslides, tsunami destroy 200 houses, leave 1,000 people homeless on Solomons (MetroNews.ca) SOLOMON ISLANDS Earthquake causes tsunami and landslide in Solomon Islands, 200 homes damaged, 1000 homeless, but no deaths or injuries reported. |
| 2010-01-04 | Ten killed in Pakistan landslide (BBC.co.uk) PAKISTAN Small village wiped out by snowstorm-induced landslide, Gilgit region, Pakistan. |
| 2010-01-02 | Encore un glissement terrain à la mine LAB Chrysotile (cyberpresse.ca) CANADA Part of an open pit mine collapsed and damaged a road, Thetford Mines, Quebec |
| 2010-01-02 | Israeli excavations blamed for latest Silwan collapse (Ma'an News Agency) Israel-Palestine border Street collapse in East Jerusalem blamed on Israeli excavations |
| 2010-01-01 | Déviation de 25 km pour Héricourt (lePays.fr) FRANCE Landslide disrupts traffic between Couthenans and Héricourt, France. |
| 2010-01-01 | Mudslides cause problems in Strathewen (Big Pond News) AUSTRALIA Mudslide takes out bridge into town of Strathewen and several landslides occur along a nearby road adding to problems caused by recent fires, Victoria, Australia. |
| 2010-01-01 | 2 killed in landslide in Dinagat island (Philstar.com) PHILIPPINES Two children killed in landslide caused by heavy rains, Dinagat Island, southern Philippines. |
| 2010-01-01 | Brazil landslides 'may close nuclear plants' (BBC.co.uk) BRAZIL Two nuclear power plants in Angra dos Reis, Brazil may be shut down as a precaution after the town was hit by landslides that have killed at least 29 people. |
| 2009 | |
| December | |
| 2009-12-31 | Villagers relieved after landslide road reopens (This is South Wales.co.uk) WALES Busy road reopens after being closed by a landslide New Year's Eve, Port Talbot, Wales. |
| 2009-12-29 | Peru: Central Road blocked near La Oroya after a mudslide (LivinginPeru.com) PERU Mudslide blocks road near Chacapalca, Peru. |
| 2009-12-26 | Four people die in landslide in western Nepal (IndianExpress.com) NEPAL Landslide in western Nepal kills at least 4 motorcycle passengers and blocks road. |
| 2009-12-23 | La ligne Neuchâtel-La Chaux-de-Fonds coupée par un éboulement (Romandie News) |
| 2009-12-23 | Girl buried in landslide (myRepublica.com) NEPAL 18-year old girl buried in a landslide on her way to school, Bajhang district, Nepal. |
| 2009-12-22 | Highway 40 Closed Due to Flooding (Israel National News) ISRAEL Highway 90 in Israel's Dead Sea region disrupted by mudslide. |
| 2009-12-20 | Bay landslide left giant boulders along coastline (This is South Wales.co.uk) WALES Rockfall from coastal cliff drops huge boulders near a footpath, Gower, Wales. |
| 2009-12-19 | Strom Claims 4 Lives in Argentina (A Pakistan News) ARGENTINA 11-year old boy killed when rain-induced mudslide hit his parents' car, Mendoza province, Argentina. |
| 2009-12-19 | Slope stability (Watershed News) USA Small landslide in Los Angeles, California blocks road and bursts water pipe. |
| 2009-12-18 | Landslide blocks hotel entrance (HattiesburgAmerican.com) USA Hotel parking lot entrance blocked by landslide, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. |
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