mudslide
noun
mud·slide
ˈməd-ˌslīd 
1
: mudflow
2
: a cocktail made with coffee liqueur, vodka, and cream
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The heavy rain triggered a mudslide.
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In Hidalgo alone, where roughly half of the isolated villages are located, about 100,000 homes were damaged or destroyed by flooding rivers and mudslides.
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CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
The heavy rain heightens the risk of debris flows, including mudslides and rock slides.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning Monday afternoon for a small area around Calistoga in Napa County where the Pickett Fire, a wildfire that charred 6,800 acres, burned in August, due to concerns about possible debris flows and mudslides.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
The National Weather Service in Oxnard issued a flood watch for areas in and around recent burn scars, warning of possible debris flows and mudslides.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 13 Oct. 2025
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CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
The heavy rain heightens the risk of debris flows, including mudslides and rock slides.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning Monday afternoon for a small area around Calistoga in Napa County where the Pickett Fire, a wildfire that charred 6,800 acres, burned in August, due to concerns about possible debris flows and mudslides.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
The National Weather Service in Oxnard issued a flood watch for areas in and around recent burn scars, warning of possible debris flows and mudslides.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Mudslide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mudslide. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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