rockfall
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How to use rockfall in a sentence
My accident could be viewed as bad luck, had I been in the path of random rockfall.
Over the last two years, the department has been forced to close that stretch of road multiple times due to heavy rains, rockfall and mudslides, including an incident in August 2019 that left 300 people and 17 buses stranded for hours.
A Climate Change-Induced Landslide Is Wreaking Havoc on Denali National Park | Andrew R. Chow / Denali, Alaska | September 7, 2021 | TimeAbout halfway along the road lies the Pretty Rocks Landslide, a slowly sliding section of earth that acts more like a glacier than a rockfall.
A Climate Change-Induced Landslide Is Wreaking Havoc on Denali National Park | Andrew R. Chow / Denali, Alaska | September 7, 2021 | TimeFour years ago, on May 10, 2017, I heard the distinct gunshot crack of rockfall while ski-mountaineering on Mount Hood, in Oregon.
We Need to Talk About Mental Health in the Mountains | Drew Petersen | June 30, 2021 | Outside OnlineThat August, 15 months after the rockfall accident, in a state of desperation, I found a therapist.
We Need to Talk About Mental Health in the Mountains | Drew Petersen | June 30, 2021 | Outside Online
On April 25, 2006, the tremor triggered a rockfall inside a gold mine, and three of the 17 miners were unable to escape.
The Bangladesh Factory Collapse Survivor and More Miraculous Rescues (VIDEO) | Holly Bernal, Ben Teitelbaum | May 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIndeed, he had helped to clear the rockfall which crushed the life out of the unfortunate miner.
The Terms of Surrender | Louis TracyThey followed the yellow beam of Scotty's flashlight through the dark tunnel to the rockfall.
The Blue Ghost Mystery | Harold Leland GoodwinThen they spent the remaining time clearing more rocks from the original rockfall that had sealed them in.
The Blue Ghost Mystery | Harold Leland GoodwinHe set about skirting the rockfall, still searching the ground for traces of beetle wheels.
World of the Drone | Robert Abernathy
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