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Incredible video shows April 30 landslide in Baltimore devouring cars

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May 2, 2014

The U.S. Northeast got very heavy rains earlier this week from the massive weather front that moved through. But here’s something no one anticipated: landslides in two separate eastern states. The video above captured the largest of the two landslides as it happened in Baltimore’s busy Charles Village neighborhood on Wednesday, April 30. Be sure to watch the video all the way to the end to see a retaining wall buckle on Baltimore’s 26th Street, sending cars and mud tumbling 75 feet onto CSX railroad tracks below.

The other landslide was Yonkers, New York.

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Deborah Byrd (asteroid 3505 Byrd) helps edit EarthSky.org and is a frequent host of EarthSky videos. Deborah created the EarthSky radio series in 1991 and founded EarthSky.org in 1994. Prior to that, she had worked for the University of Texas McDonald Observatory since 1976, and created and produced their Star Date radio series. She has won a galaxy of awards from the broadcasting and science communities, including having an asteroid named in her honor in 1990, a Public Service Award from the National Science Board in 2003, and the Education Prize from the American Astronomical Society in 2020. A science communicator and educator since 1976, Byrd believes in science as a force for good in the world and a vital tool for the 21st century. "Being an EarthSky editor is like hosting a big global party for cool nature-lovers," she says.