Hillsides

And while I am at it, what is happening to our beautiful hillsides that are scarred with either housing developments, golf courses or vineyards?

Hillsides and canyons already stripped bare of vegetation by past wildfires are especially vulnerable to rock and mudslides, according to forecasters.

Indonesian rescuers scrambled Friday to find survivors under mud-swamped hillsides after flash floods on Java island killed at least eight people, the disaster agency said.

It then moved through mudslide-prone Tijuana, threatening the improvised homes that cling to hillsides just south of the US border.

The camps are generally slightly inland but most of them are built on hillsides, exposing them to the threat of landslides.

The Montecito evacuation zone was among 17 California regions where authorities worry the ongoing torrential downpours could unleash lethal cascades of mud, boulders and other debris in hillsides stripped bare of vegetation by past wildfires.

While ripping out yellow blooms blanketing hillsides in Los Angeles, Max Kingery has been questioned about his fervor for killing flowers.

Yes, Breaking Bad stars Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul came together to create a unique blend of the finest Espadin agave, hand-selected from the hillsides of a small village in Oaxaca, with the name coming from the Spanish dos (two) and hombres (men).

Armed with selfie sticks and phones, the tourists flood into Santorini from everywhere — on dinghies from giant ocean liners, on coaches that zigzag up the steep hillsides, atop donkeys that clip-clop along the narrow cobbled streets.

Oroville City Council member Shawn Webber posted a video on Facebook on Wednesday showing hillsides smoking on both sides of a road, but thanked firefighters for preventing further destruction.

Outside Kaziranga, we visited tea plantations, where the tea grows in the plains and not on hillsides like elsewhere in India.

Sure must make it harder for some people to transport their worldly belongings to eventually be dumped on the hillsides.

The groves that once dominated hillsides have been steadily displaced by hotels and villas as the Riviera became a playground for the wealthy.

They remember El Valle before it became known as Mexican wine country, before the profusion of hip restaurants, wine barrel-shaped rental cottages, and glamping tents now permanently draped over its hillsides.

This is the transitional zone between lower hillsides and the open uplands.

Improper land clearing can lead to loss of valuable soil, while appropriate tree planting can stabilize the hillsides.

Potato doesn’t hold water well, which leaves the hillsides vulnerable to being washed away by storms.

Rains that began early Saturday on the island of Kyushu have already inflicted widespread damage across a swathe of the southwestern portion of the country, causing rivers to burst their banks and hillsides to collapse.

Running sheep on the hillsides framing Anderson Valley provides the herder with a way of seeing Anderson Valley very different than from your car as you check up on the neighbors on your way to Lemons’ Market or the Post Office.

Apartment blocks gave way to scruffy brown hillsides.