Images

A debris flow in Marin County triggered by intense rainfall destroyed several homes and injured one person during February 2019.  View is looking from the top of the landslide downslope.

Heavy rainfall reactivated the 9 acre Howard Gap Landslide in February 2019, severely damaging a highway in Polk County, NC. This image only shows a small portion of a much larger landslide.

A landslide caused by intense rainfall from Hurricane Maria in September 2017 in Puerto Rico hit this home, killing three people. 

Cracks in a hillslope caused by slow landslide movement in Rockcastle County, Kentucky.

Damage from a major post-wildfire landslide that occurred on 9 January 2018 near Montecito, Santa Barbara County as a result of the 2017 Thomas Fire.

Excerpt of satellite image showing landslide impacts to roads, agriculture, and a reservoir in the Lares Municipality. Points identify the approximate location of roads visibly impacted by landslides. Image filename contains approximate latitude and longitude of this impact location.

Building damage caused by a slow landslide in Boyd County, Kentucky, 2017 

Numerous debris flows caused by intense rainfall from Hurricane Maria in September 2017 in Puerto Rico. Trees are bare due to the hurricane force winds that stripped the leaves. 

Shallow landslides damaged homes and closed many roads in the San Francisco East Bay region as a result of storms in January and February, 2017.

Landslide caused by intense rainfall in February 2017 in King County, WA. The rapid landslide destroyed a garage and a large propane tank. 

Photograph taken from a Colorado National Guard helicopter looking north down the West Salt Creek rock avalanche deposit. On May 25, 2014, the central core of the rock avalanche deposit continued to move for 1-2 hours after the main rock avalanche deposit had stopped moving.

Building damage caused by a slow landslide in Boyd County, Kentucky. Previous repairs reveal that the landslide has moved in the past. 

More signs for Fredericksburg Magnetic Observatory. 

Brick signs for Fredericksburg Magnetic Observatory and National Ocean Service.

A landslide caused by heavy rainfall in April 2014 destroyed a  building in Carroll County, KY. 

Aerial photograph of catastrophic landslide that occurred near Oso, Washington, March 22, 2014.

Cracks on a gravel road formed during the reactivation of a slow, deep landslide. The cracks can be indicators of local movement in or around the road or in this case, are a sign of a much larger landslide. 

Cracks on a gravel road formed during the initial movement of a slow, deep landslide. The cracks can be indicators of local movement in or around the road or in this case, a much larger landslide and damaged many homes. 

Large cracks formed in this yard after a large landslide occurred downslope of a home. Though the home wasn't directly impacted by the landslide, the cracks in the yard are indicators of potential additional movement and increased landslide risk.

A reactivated landslide destroyed this home that was built on the landslide. Initial, slow landslide movement allowed the occupant to escape. Island County, WA. March 2013

Photograph of the channel station showing the laser distance meter (in red circle) high above the channel used to measure stage (height) of flow in the channel.