Here are three real photographs of mudslides from around the world. Hover over a picture to make it jump, and check the Picture Sources box at the bottom to see exactly where each photo came from!
Seen from a helicopter: the enormous Oso mudslide in Washington State, USA, in 2014. A whole hillside gave way and flowed across the valley, covering a road and a neighbourhood. See source ↓
A street in Funchal, Madeira, after flash floods and mudslides in 2010. The mud carried boulders, trees, and cars right through the city and into the sea. See source ↓
A fresh slide scar on a hillside near Cusco, Peru, in 2018. You can clearly see where the slope let go and everything slid downhill, leaving bare earth behind. See source ↓
📚 Picture Sources
- Photo 1 — Aerial view of the Oso mudslide, 2014 (public domain). From Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oso_Mudslide_29_March_2014_aerial_view_1.jpg
- Photo 2 — Mudslide damage in Funchal, Madeira, 2010. From Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2010_Madeira_floods_and_mudslides_5.jpg
- Photo 3 — Landslide near Cusco, Peru, 2018. From Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Landslide_in_Cusco,_Peru_-_2018.jpg
