avalanches and landslides
type: Concept
broader: natural disasters
definition: In the El Niño storms of early 1998, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) documented approximately $150 million in losses from 300 landslides that occurred in the California area. The 2006 landslide in the Philippines caused about 200 deaths, and about 1,000 people disappeared in the debris. [Source: Encyclopedia of Crisis Management; Avalanches and Landslides]

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: avalanches and landslides

natural disasters
type: Concept
narrower: avalanches and landslides