11.   This entails loosening the soil around the roots and bending and burying the plant in a trench.

12.   You can rebuild the area, loosen the soil, incorporate compost and fertilizer, and add lime to counteract excessive acidity.

13.   At Sakaiminato, among the towns closest to the epicenter, port facilities and an industrial complex built on landfills were damaged as the repeated shakings loosened the soil.

14.   Authorities believe underground seepage from the reservoir loosened the soil, causing a large pit into which the houses tumbled.

15.   Heavy rain was suspected of loosening soil on the hillside, but the cause of the accident is still under investigation, the report said.

16.   Largescale deforestation and development on the Himalayan slopes has loosened the soil loose and severely weakened the lower Himalayan slopes.

17.   Rubio said heavy rains brought by the storm loosened soil from a hill in Valencia town in Bukidnon province, toppling at least five shanties.

18.   Rosales said the massive destruction, particularly on Camiguin, was caused by several days of heavy rains that loosened the soil on hillsides.

19.   Rubio said heavy rains brought by the storm loosened soil from a hill in Valencia town in Bukidnon province, forcing it to topple at least five shanties.

20.   Some government officials say excessive felling of trees on the hillside is believed to have loosened the soil, resulting in the landslide.