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Almost half of the United States is at risk for potential landslides. There's a map you can check.
AVERY COUNTY, N.C. — Landslides are considered among the most dangerous kinds of natural disasters, but they often catch communities off guard. Nearly half of the United States is at risk and not nearly enough people know it.
At least 31 people alone died from landslides after Helene triggered thousands of them in western North Carolina in September 2024. Autopsies identified victims found in mud and debris, many of them blindsided.
The landslides damaged or destroyed 350 homes, including the home that belonged to the Guinn family. Melissa Guinn, a wife and mother of four, died after multiple landslides struck the family's hillside home in Minneapolis, N.C. Her husband, Jamie, said the family had no clue the Avery County house they bought in 2018 was ...
