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Slow-moving landslides a growing, but ignored, threat to mountain communities

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slow moving landslides a growing but ignored threat to mountain communities

As urban centers in mountainous regions grow, more people are driven to build on steeper slopes prone to slow-moving landslides, a new study finds. Slow-moving landslides are frequently excluded from estimates of landslide risk, but they could threaten hundreds of thousands of people globally, the researchers conclude.

Source: ScienceDaily.com