snowslides

noun

plural of snowslide
as in landslides
a large mass of snow descending from a high place They closed off part of the mountain to skiing due to a snowslide.

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  1. landslides
  2. floods
  3. slides
Noun
  • The quake, centered near San Jose Del Palmar, caused widespread devastation, trapping people, triggering landslides, and severely damaging homes and infrastructure.
    — Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • That could prolong heavy rain and raise the risk of flooding and landslides, especially in mountainous areas and along smaller rivers.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of landslides
Noun
  • Forecasters warned the worst may not yet be over for some Midwesterners, as rivers continued to swell Thursday in states previously struck by this week's floods.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The Japan Meteorological Agency issued its most severe warning for heavy rain in 14 municipalities in the Chiba prefecture, warning residents of floods and landslides.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of floods
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  • What employees really need is permission expressed in the workflow—a norm that says show your prompts in the doc, credit the model in the brief or tag the slides the avatar drafted.
    — Nohar Zmora, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Crews, which included members of the California National Guard, had to perform avalanche mitigation work to keep the recovery teams safe from further slides.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
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