landslides

Friday marks 10 years since the side of a mountain collapsed, and buried an entire neighborhood in rural Washington state, killing 43 people.

Officials say a dozen people and a dog were evacuated from an observatory near Mount St. Helens by helicopter after a landslide blocked a nearby highway. On Monday, state transportation officials said that drivers should plan for an extended closure.

Although the immediate threats of the smoke and flames from the Bolt Creek Fire have subsided, what comes next is worrying emergency agencies throughout Washington: an elevated risk for debris flows and landslides on the land left parched by the fire.

A dog that was trapped inside a collapsed Seattle house for six days following a landslide has been rescued. The Seattle Fire Department said Thursday that firefighters responded to reports of the black Labrador named Sammy possibly trapped inside the home's wreckage.

Officials from the U.S. Department of the Interior and United States Geological Survey have been touring sites in Mount Rainier National Park this week.…

Another potentially devastating effect of wildfires: increased landslide risk. The state Department of Natural Resources has a team doing rapid response…

The emergency is over for now at Rattlesnake Ridge near Yakima, Washington. The state says a major, sudden landslide is no longer imminent and Yakima...

The emergency seems to be over for now at the slow-moving landslide at Rattlesnake Ridge near Yakima, Washington. The state has taken down the warning...

Starting Thursday, residents who were evacuated for the Rattlesnake Ridge landslide near Yakima, Washington, can go back home. That’s after a new study...

The landslide on Rattlesnake Ridge near Yakima, Washington, is likely going to be a slow one—it could take years or decades to fully come down. That’s...