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Landslide Causes Train to Derail into Mississippi River

July 10, 2008 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on Landslide Causes Train to Derail into Mississippi River

 

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[Updated May 30, 2008] I forgot to publish this post to the front page, whoops! The two links still have excellent information. In particular, Dave’s Landslide Blog has coverage of the many landslide lakes and the efforts to breach some of them. [/Update]

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