Landslides and earthquakes could soon be predictable thanks to UT partnership

Landslide in Yambali village, in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, Monday, May 27, 2024. (Juho Valta/UNDP Papua New Guinea via AP)
AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Landslides cause more than a billion dollars in damage in the United States each year, according to the American Geoscience Institute. Predicting them could soon be a lot easier."We've all seen on the news probably the mudflows that just let loose and take out small towns or neighborhoods or houses," said Deman Saffer, director of the Institute of