mudslides

noun

plural of mudslide
as in landslides
a large mass of wet earth descending from a high place In the spring and early summer this area is prone to flooding and mudslides.

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Recent Examples of mudslides On the Chinese side, rescue crews scoured areas hit by mudslides, particularly around the Gyirong Port border crossing, which was destroyed. — Shristi Kafle, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 The floods and mudslides that were triggered by last week's ice-and-rock avalanche have buried several Himalayan villages in the border region of Nepal and Tibet. — Mamita Bhandari, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026 The death toll from the devastating floods and mudslides along the Nepal-China border has risen to at least 676 people, as rescue operations stall amid poor weather. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026 The death toll from catastrophic flash floods and mudslides in Nepal rose to at least 734 on Saturday, as nearly 2,500 people remained missing in the country, including about 100 Americans. — Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026 Rescue teams are searching for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border on Thursday after devastating floods and mudslides swept through communities, killing at least 360 people. — Marissa Armas, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026 Especially in areas previously affected by Lala, the rain could bring life-threatening flooding and mudslides, the hurricane center said. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026 This rainfall may produce life threatening flooding and mudslides, especially in steep terrain and over areas that were affected recently by Hurricane Lala. — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026 As expected, the hurricane also dumped a massive amount of rainfall, particularly on the Big Island, causing flooding and mudslides. — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mudslides
  1. landslides
  2. floods
  3. avalanches
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  • The debris created by the various landslides have also blocked nine hydropower tunnels in Nepal's Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts, trapping 933 workers from Nepal, South Korea and China.
    — Mamita Bhandari, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The number of people confirmed killed after propulsive landslides tore through the Nepal-China border on Wednesday now exceeds 900.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of landslides
Noun
  • The droughts, floods, and crop yield reductions brought on by El Niño represent one of the primary risk factors.
    — , CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The advancing gas front improves sweep efficiency by penetrating tight, unreached reservoir compartments that standard water-injection floods bypass during secondary extraction campaigns.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of floods
Noun
  • The broader Langtang region was also hit by devastating avalanches during Nepal’s 2015 earthquake.
    — Sibi Arasu, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The warmer temperatures are melting and thus destabilizing many of the 60,000 glaciers there, triggering these kinds of avalanches.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of avalanches

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