Other Accidents and Disasters
- 200+ – Landslide on the road between San Francisco and Mocoa in Colombia, 1989
- 90 – Frank Slide (Frank, Alberta, 29 April 1903)
- 67 – Po Shan Road landslide, (Mid-levels, Hong Kong, 18 June 1972)
- 8 – Avalanche, Lewes, Sussex, England, 27 December 1836. Worst British avalanche disaster.
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