The U.S. Geological Survey has released a new nationwide landslide susceptibility map that indicates nearly 44% of the U.S. could potentially experience landslide activity. The new assessment provides a highly detailed, county-by-county picture of where these damaging, disruptive and potentially deadly geologic hazards are more likely as well as areas where landslide hazards are negligible.
The new map will support risk-reduction and land-use planning efforts by showing where potentially unstable areas are so planners and engineers can better prioritize and mitigate future landslide hazards.
Source: USGS
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Previously, detailed landslide maps were only developed for a few areas of the U.S. where the landslide risks were considered high, but this map expands the assessment to include many other hazardous areas around the country where there was a limited understanding of landslide potential.
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