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	Geologic Hazards--Landslides (USGS) - http://landslides.usgs.gov/ Extensive information on landslides and their impacts, U.S. Landslide Monitoring Program, publications, current news and events, and current research.
	National Landslides Information Center - http://landslides.usgs.gov/nlic/ USGS Landslide Hazards Program, responsible for reporting and researching landslides and landslide hazards.
	Pyroclastic Flow - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyroclastic_flow Article from Wikipedia on this fast-moving torrent of hot gas and rock which can travel down the slopes of a volcano at great speed.
	International Landslide Research Group - http://ilrg.gndci.cnr.it/ The ILG is an informal group of landslide practitioners who share landslide information. Provides information about landslides worldwide, a newsletter, and meetings of landslide practitioners.
	HazardWatch - http://www.gns.cri.nz/hazardwatch/latest/ The Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences in New Zealand provides a week-by-week listing of hazardous events, including landslides, in that geologically active country.

	Puget Sound Landslides - http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/landslides/show/show.html Photographs and detailed descriptions of several areas prone to landslides.
	Potential San Francisco Bay Landslides During El Niño - http://elnino.usgs.gov/landslides-sfbay/ Maps and fly-by movies available.
	Debris Flows, Mudflows, Jökulhlaups and Lahars - http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/Lahars/description_lahars.html Information provided by the USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory on these phenomena with descriptions of events at Mount Hood, Mount Rainier, Mount St Helens and the Nevado del Ruiz Volcano, Colombia.
	Mount St. Helens, Washington: Mudflows and Lahar Images 1980-2004 - http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MSH/Images/mudflow_images.html Cascade Volcano Observatory photograph archive.
	SHALSTAB - A Digital Terrain Model for Mapping Shallow Landslide Potential - http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~geomorph/shalstab/index.htm Technical report on, and free download of, a very simple model for mapping shallow landslide potential.

	SLEWS: Sensorbased Landslide Early Warning System - http://www.slews.de Project aimed at the development of a prototype alarm- and early warning system to address different kinds of natural hazards, using landslides as an example.
	International Landslide Centre - http://www.landslidecentre.org Home of the International Landslide Centre at University of Durham, a research centre dedicated to assisting less developed countries deal with landslide problems through research, training programmes and disaster assistance.
	Landslides and Avalanches - http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/resources/web/landslides_avalanches.html Descriptive directory of some online resources, maintained by the University of Colorado.
	Landslide Distribution Map Web Page - http://lsweb1.ess.bosai.go.jp/en/ Japanese database of landslides, allowing the user to produce maps of landslide distributions to their own criteria. In Japanese and English.
	Kelso, WA landslide - http://www.nwgeoscience.com/kelso/ Site describing the second largest urban landslide in US history. Papers, photos, links, and a discussion group.

	Haneberg Geoscience - http://www.haneberg.com/ Consulting services in engineering geology, hydrogeology, and applied geomechanics. Research abstracts on landslides and related geologic hazards. Port Orchard, Washington.
	Volcanology - http://www.geo.umass.edu/courses/volcanology/St%20Helens.pdf Photographs and information on debris avalanches, mudflows, ash deposits and pyroclastic flows.
	Mt. St. Helens Dam Holds Mud off Cities - http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9402E3DD1138F93BA25752C0A965948260 Article from Around the Nation warning of the possible dangers to cities downstream from the mountain.
	When Rivers of Rock Flow - http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/Lahars/ Article from the Earth Observatory about the rivers of rock and water that overwhelmed a village on the slopes of Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1994.

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