Phantom Ranch, the only lodge within the Grand Canyon, has drawn adventurers and dignitaries, including Theodore Roosevelt, for more than a century.
Category: Landslides and Mudslides
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What Is Phantom Ranch? Inside the Grand Canyon Lodge Hit by Flash Flooding
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What to Know About Deadly Flash Floods in Nepal and Tibet
The New York Times – On the Runway:A massive landslide and glacial collapse may have caused catastrophic flooding even without heavy rainfall. More than 3,000 people remained missing.
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See Nepali Rescue Workers Testing Aid Delivery by Drone
The New York Times – On the Runway:Some survivors of the deadly flood and landslide have no access to food. Officials and volunteers are testing how drones can help.
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China Says 261 Foreigners From 23 Countries Are Missing in Tibet Flood
The New York Times – On the Runway:The disclosure offered one of the clearest pictures yet of the disaster on the Chinese side of the border, where authorities have released few details.
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How a New Bridge Partly Collapsed in China’s Southwest
A section of the tall bridge in mountainous Sichuan Province fell, apparently after a landslide. No casualties were reported.
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What to Know if You’re Visiting the Blue Ridge Parkway This Summer
The 469-mile route known as “America’s favorite drive” has mostly reopened nine months after Hurricane Helene, but there are still detours and closures to watch out for.
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Asheville Awaits the Return of Tourists as Biltmore Estate Prepares to Reopen
The Biltmore, a popular destination in the area of western North Carolina ravaged by Hurricane Helene, will reopen Saturday. Local travel operators nervously hope it will mark the return of tourists.
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Big Sur Weighs Tourism Against Its Environmental Impact
Some 90 percent of the economy in this coastal California region relies on visitors. But overtourism, the high cost of living and most worrisome, the effects of global warming, create a future of uncertainty.
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Dozens Dead or Missing After China Highway Collapse
It was the second such rain-related disaster in less than three months, as extreme weather challenges the country’s extensive network of newly built expressways.
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Heavy Rains Lash Southern China, Killing at Least 9
Rains set off landslides and inundated villages in the south, forcing thousands to evacuate. In the north, residents sweltered through a drought.
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Mountain Landslide Destroys Section of Highway to Jackson, Wyo.
The road, linking Idaho with Wyoming, is a key route to Jackson Hole, a tourism hub. It had been closed to traffic before the landslide.