Geologists say rainfall-induced landslides are more likely to occur on steep slopes, those eroded by construction, slopes with poor drainage or on slopes where vegetation has been burned or removed.
"Right now, we're kind of at the threshold of starting to see not just little blowouts and small landslides, but we’re starting to see some of the larger landslides starting to move.
And that’s when it gets really scary out there," said Jeff Nolan, aBut as the ground saturates deeper and deeper large pieces of land can be on the move."You’re dealing with gravity that’s trying to pull down that side of the mountain,’’ said Daniel Goodrich with the
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