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Rain-Triggered Landslide Study
December 2, 2012 | NASA

“A recent NASA study compared satellite rain data to landslides in central eastern China, Central America and the Himalayan Arc, three regions with diverse climates and topography where rainfall-triggered landslides are frequent and destructive hazards to the local populations.” Quoted from the NASA press release. The release includes a DigitalGlobe image of a mudslide in China that killed 1765 people and caused over $700 million in damage.


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