Landslides are a common hazard in the US. In fact, nearly 44% of the country could experience one, potentially catastrophically. Our new national landslide susceptibility map shows where they're most ...

Southeast Alaska is a vertical, rainy place. Deep glacier-cut fjords give way only to tall, steep mountains blanketed by dense Sitka spruce forests, all of it drenched in seemingly-continual rainfall.

I've only seen some limited efforts on the local level in the past. The city of Seattle has been collecting landslide data since 1890, so they have a wonderful data bank of historical land-movement ...

North Carolina's hazard mapping program is trying to better predict which landslide-prone places face threats in future ...

This story has been updated to correct a quote durng public testimony by Shawn Eisele. A controversial ordinance updating maps for avalanche and landslide zones was approved by the Juneau Assembly on ...

Deadly landslides are increasing around the world. But in parts of Alaska, maps of the hazards remain controversial. By Austyn Gaffney Photographs by Christopher Miller Austyn Gaffney traveled to ...

Unlike the warning systems and elaborate maps that help residents and officials prepare for natural disasters such as floods and hurricanes, there’s no national system to monitor slide activity and no ...