Gallery: How Rain Turns Dirt Into Disaster
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Vehicles are stuck on a road after being trapped by a mudslide on California Highway 58 in Mojave, California on October 16, 2015.
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A landslide in California last week closed the I-5 freeway, burying dozens of cars and trucks in mud.
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A 2001 landslide in El Salvador was triggered by an earthquake.
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Meltwater played a significant role in this 2005 Alaskan landslide.
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The Larenjerias landslide in Rio de Janeiro in 1967 killed about 100.
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In 2005, a landslide hit La Conchita in southern California.
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Six years later, a major landslide hit San Pedro in California.
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A flash flood in Boulder, Colorado caused a landslide in 2013.
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A 2014 landslide in Oso, Washington killed 43.
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This landslide in Guatemala in 1976 was triggered by an earthquake.
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A landslide in 1983 hit Thistle in central Utah.
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A landslide hit Kelso, Washington in 1997.
