"The causes of landslides are not a mystery to mankind. Layers of rock and soil such that rain running along a clay or rock layer can create a slippery surface for the weight of the layers above it is a common cause. A rock jumble from previous mountain building, broken or fractured rock easily dislodged. We have stated that the earthquakes man experiences between the periodic passages of Planet X can be considered aftershocks from the last passage, and this is true of landslides also. Mountain building rumples the landscape, so the land is not flat but has steep ravines and hill sides. Older mountain ranges are recognized for their rounded or smoothed appearance, because of frequent landslides distributing the rubble.
"As we approach another passage, another Pole Shift, the pace of landslides has picked up. Why would this be? Plates under pressure will put pressure on regions that contain rumpled hillsides and deep ravines, as these give more readily than strictly flat land, thus act as a weak link. In addition, due to the wobble, the weather has gotten more extreme, with drought and deluge increasing in extremes. Dry ground, suddenly flooded with rainwater needing to seek its level as runoff, will create internal water slides between the rock and soil layers that constitute the rumpled hillsides. Is there an early warning system that mankind could use? The trembles that soil about to slide emits could be detected, yes. These are not earthquakes, and have their own frequency. "
Kojima
Landslide kills seven in Ecuador [NZweek; Souce:Xinhua Publish By Thomas Whittle Updated 25/01/2013]
QUITO, Jan. 24 — At least seven people were killed and 17 were injured by a landslide Thursday in Ecuador’s mining zone of Bella Rica in the southern province of Azuay, local authorities said.
Patricio Lopez, the mayor of Ponce Enriquez, told reporters the landslide occurred early in the day due to heavy rains, causing damage to two mines in the region.
The mayor said several miners may have been trapped in the mines and the death toll may rise over the next few hours.
Four homes have also been damaged and Ponce Enriquez has been left without electricity.
Rescue units are at the disaster site, which is located in a rural area accessible only on foot or by plane, local authorities said.
Ponce Enriquez has a population of more than 10,000 and most residents work in gold mining or agriculture.
The region was previously affected by landslides that killed several miners. Ten days ago, a Peruvian and an Ecuadorian died in another landslide in the same area.
Jan 26, 2013
Howard
Landslides Wreak Havoc in Western Indonesia (Jan 27)
Rescuers found four more bodies Sunday, bringing the death toll to 18 in multiple landslides in western Indonesia, including five geothermal workers, officials said.
In Agam district, in West Sumatra province, 15 houses were buried beneath mud and rocks, killing seven.
The worst landslides happened in Tanjung Sani of Agam district in West Sumatra province, where 20 houses were buried when mud and rocks fell from surrounding hills at dawn on Sunday, killing 11 villagers, said disaster official Ade Edward.
Hundreds of terrified survivors fled their hillside homes for tents on safer ground, fearing more of the mountainside would collapse
In the neighbouring province of Jambi, a landslide occurred in a drilling field owned by a state-run energy company.
In a statement, PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy said that four of its workers had died, one remained missing and five had been injured. Sixty workers survived the landslide, the firm said.
"The workers were having dinner when the landslide suddenly occurred."
Sources
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21218836
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/landslide-leaves-dead...
http://www.thesundaily.my/sites/default/files/thesun/Catalogue/INDO...
Jan 27, 2013
Howard
Landslide Strikes Philippines, Changes Course of River (Jan 27)
Dozens of families fled from their homes after a landslide hit a village in Maco, Compostela Valley on Sunday, authorities on Monday said.
Several houses were also washed away as a river in Mainit village “changed course” following the landslide past 7 p.m., according to Abel Dagoon, village chief.
At least 86 families were evacuated following the landslide, Senior Supt. Camilo Cascolan, Compostela Valley police chief, said.
A portion of a hill in Zone 1gave way, dumping large volume of rocks and earth to a river there, virtually diverting its course and flooding the community, said Dagoon.
“A crack (found after the 2008 landslide) might have collapsed already, causing this. We are still assessing the extent of damage (of properties). Fortunately, no one was hurt,” Dagoon told the Philippine Daily Inquirer by mobile phone.
He said a family composed of at least five people was briefly trapped after the swollen river changed course and flooded the community. They were eventually rescued.
The landslide on Sunday “dammed” the river, causing it to swell and flood the community, Raul Villocino, provincial disaster officer, said on Monday.
Villocino said Mainit was just across Masara, the village hit by the 2008 landslides.
Local officials had declared Masara a no-habitation area following the killer avalanches, but several former residents have reportedly returned and resettled there.
Dagoon said residents were evacuated early Sunday night as the downpour began, spending the night at the village hall, the village elementary school and at a chapel.
Compounding the residents’ problem was the lack of electricity in the area after last month’s typhoon had knocked out power lines there, the village official said.
Source
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/348337/dozens-of-families-flee-from-comp
Jan 28, 2013
Howard
At Least 7 Dead in Turkey Landslide (Jan 27)
At least seven people were killed late Sunday when a landslide invaded the pitch at an amateur football game in southeastern Turkey, engulfing players and spectators, local sources said.
Three others were injured and a fourth person went missing as sodden earth knocked over a wall at the football pitch in the city of Sirnak
Source
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Jan-28/204037-at-...
Jan 28, 2013
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2270798/Holiday-chalets-wor...
Holiday chalets worth £200,000 each on edge of cliff facing destruction after series of landslides put them at risk
By Tara Brady
PUBLISHED: 18:23 GMT, 30 January 2013 | UPDATED: 20:38 GMT, 30 January 2013
Luxury holiday chalets worth millions of pounds could fall into the sea following a series of huge landslides triggered by heavy rain.
Some 18 wooden chalets - which cost up to £200,000 each - have been damaged or have slumped towards the cliff edge at Monmouth Beach near Lyme Regis, Dorset, after 500 tons of mud and earth pushed the buildings forward during the landslides.
The steady deluge has built up behind the cabins which are now precariously perched on the sloping cliff, with one even tilted up at a 30 degree angle.
Disaster: The chalets at Monmouth Beach in Dorset are falling into the sea after huge landslides triggered by heavy rain
The landslide has rendered the stretch of Britain’s Jurassic Coast so unsafe it has been closed off to the public.
Lyme Regis Town Council, which owns the land, has also announced it will not renew the licences for 11 of the chalets and are asking owners to remove them as the area is no longer safe.
The buildings themselves are said to be worth up to £70,000 but the added value of the stunning location has seen some sell for as much as £200,000.
This means that £130,000 has now been wiped off the value of the 11 chalets.
One owner, who wished not to be named, said: 'Some people are covered by insurance and some are not. Luckily for us our property is.
'We are only allowed to insure it up to £70,000. The total value of ours was £200,000 so the rest of the value is the location and the ongoing licence.
This chalet worth £200,000 has been so badly damaged it could be pulled down before it falls into the sea
Jan 31, 2013
Howard
Massive Landslide Damages Nearly 1000 Homes in SW China (Jan 31)
A large-scale landslide has collapsed 35 residential houses in mountainous Zhenxiong county in southwest China's Yunnan province, local authorities said Thursday.
Starting Monday, the gradually deteriorating landslide has affected the life of 712 villagers in Zhongtun township, according to the Zhenxiong county government.
The landslide also damaged 928 houses in the county.
As of Thursday, no casualties have been reported, and the county government has implemented a geological disaster emergency response to the landslide.
The local government has sent professional rescuers to the sites and assisted the affected villagers to remove to safe areas.
On January 11, a landslide killed 46 people in Zhenxiong county, which is about 550 km northeast of the provincial capital of Kunming.
Source
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2013-02/01/content_27856338.htm
Feb 1, 2013
lonne rey
Cazaril-Laspènes. Landslide: the house collapses on its inhabitants
A landslide caused rockfalls and destroyed a house. The slope collapsed and pushed the house to the river. There were no injuries but the occupants have lost almost everything. The scene is impressive: the mountain has smashed the door of the kitchen and literally bent the rear of the house, tearing the wooden slats. "It was about 22 hours on Monday night, frightened Catherine remembers. We were watching TV when I heard a huge crack like an earthquake. Windows were broken and we smelled a strong odor of gas. Then we wanted to leave the house but nothing could be opened! ". "I quickly turned off the gas and light, says Anthony, her husband. I tapped like crazy on the bedroom window untill it broke so we were finally able to leave the house. I thought for a moment that we would die. " One night the couple does not forget. They managed to contact firefighters which arrived on the scene about 23 hours. "The heavy rain and snowfall in recent weeks have softened the ground. The house is located in the town of Cazaril-Laspènes between the One and the pass road Peyresourdes. The slope collapsed and pushed the house to the river, "says Christian Mouret, the commander of the rescue center of Luchon. A tragedy for the couple who lost everything in just one night. "We live there for 35 years, I love it here. Now there is water everywhere, but summer is flowery, so pleasant. Firefighters were able to enter this morning and they were able to recover some cases, linen .... "Mayor Cazaril-Laspènes issued an order prohibiting access to the home. The couple took refuge with one of their three daughters.
Source in French
Feb 6, 2013
lonne rey
St. Aventine (France). Three cars in a mudslide
A very bad surprise yesterday morning, three residents of St. Aventine. They had parked their vehicles in top of the village, on a temporary car park. The slope located above the parking place, collapsed and literally swallowed vehicles.
Leon Tine, the mayor of St. Aventine, said " I fear that we are not out of the woods. I have never seen this before, a mudslide at such a place! "
Source in French
Feb 16, 2013
Sevan Makaracı
33 houses buried in Davao landslide (Philippines)
Dozens of homes have been destroyed and hundreds of people fled after a landslide hit a Davao del Norte village, authorities said today.
The avalanche of loose earth buried 33 houses in three communities in the mountain village of Mambing in New Corella, Davao del Norte, Sonio Sanchez, provincial disaster officer, said.
At least 156 families were evacuated and are now staying at a village hall and provincial officials have sent relief goods for the affected families, according to Mayor Nestor Alcoran.
The mayor said experts from the Mines and Geo-sciences Bureau of the government's Department of Environment and Natural Resources have been sent to the area to conduct assessment as to the risk of more landslides. Source
Feb 18, 2013
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2281322/At-people-including...
At least five people including two children feared dead after landslide sweeps over coal mining village in southern China
By Steve Robson
PUBLISHED: 21:05 GMT, 19 February 2013 | UPDATED: 21:06 GMT, 19 February 2013
At least five people including two children have been buried under a landslide which swept over a village near a coal mine in southern China.
An estimated 5,000 cubic metres of rock fell over six sheds in the Yudong village in Kaili, in the Guizhou province of China at around 11am yesterday.
Those buried were believe to be miners and their families who worked at a nearby coal mine.
Six sheds were buried in the landslide near the city of Kaili in southern China
Feb 20, 2013
KM
http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2013/02/20/deadly-landslides-and-f...
Deadly landslides and floods across Indonesia
Seasonal rains and high tides in recent days have caused widespread flooding across much of Indonesia. North Sulawesi province’s capital city, Manado in Indonesia, was hit by heavy rains that triggered floods and landslides on February 17, 2013 responsible for killing at least 17 people and evacuation 1,200 people. Manado area received 24 cm (9.4 inches) of rainfall during February 16/17, 2013. That was more than half of February average. A local river in Manado burst at its seems due to heavy rainfall, causing flooding of more than 1.000 homes. Local media reported floodwaters a meter high in places. Water, which inundated around 5,000 houses in Manado, had receded by the next day and residents had begun cleaning up their homes.
Floods have inundated areas across Manado, including Aario Utara, Bailang, Bunaken, Karame, Komo Luar, Mahawu, Paal II, Tanjung Batu and Tikala Ares; while the areas of Karame, Kombos, Paal II, Singkil, Tingkulu and Winangun Atas were affected by landslides.
Flooding hit areas of Riau Islands and forced around 21,000 villagers to flee from their homes as the Batang Buluh and Rokan Rivers in Rokan Hulu regency began to overflow. At least 3,452 people had been evacuated to safer ground. Indonesian capital Jakarta was also affected by heavy rains in January which caused flooding that left 32 people dead and forced nearly 46,000 to flee their homes.
Indonesia is currently experiencing wet season which begins in November and ends in April. Seasonal downpours cause dozens of landslides and flash floods each year in Indonesia, where millions of people live in mountainous areas or near fertile flood plains.
Sources: The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Globe, SamayLive
Feb 21, 2013
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2293805/A-cracking-view-Cli...
A cracking view! Cliff-top beauty spot on Jurassic Coast sheared in half by landslip
By Steve Robson
PUBLISHED: 12:06 GMT, 15 March 2013 | UPDATED: 18:32 GMT, 15 March 2013
One of Britain's best-loved beauty spots - the Jurassic Coast in Dorset - has had a tectonic makeover after a huge landslip sheared the clifftop in half.
The 150ft long crevasse, which opened up near Weymouth at an area known as Red Cliff Point, is believed to have been caused by heavy rain during the winter months.
Geology experts are now warning ramblers and dog-walkers to avoid area fearing it could crumble even more.
Earth-moving: A 150ft crevasse has opened up along the Jurassic Coastline in Dorset
Mar 15, 2013
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2298504/White-Cliffs-collap...
White Cliffs collapse: Tonnes of chalk crash from world famous landmark into the Channel near Dover
By Steve Nolan
PUBLISHED: 20:46 GMT, 24 March 2013 | UPDATED: 20:52 GMT, 24 March 2013
They are one of the most iconic symbols of British independence and the inspiration for one of the most famous wartime songs.
But walkers have been warned to take care when walking along a stretch of the famous White Cliffs of Dover after tonnes of chalk crashed into the English Channel when part of the cliff-face sheared off.
A giant mound of clay was left on the shore near St Margaret's Bay after the collapse between between Dover and Deal in Kent.
Landslide: Tonnes of chalk were left piled on the Kent coastline after part of the White Cliffs of Dover collapsed
Warning signs: The collapse happened in St Margaret's Bay between Dover and Deal in Kent, and the National Trust has now put up signs telling walkers to beware further collapses in the area
Dover Coastguard said a bench and fencing which sat on the cliff-top were also sent tumbling to the base, prompting warnings to coastal walkers.
Fortunately, no one was hurt.
The collapse is thought to have been caused by a combination of high winds and rain freezing after being absorbed into the chalk and then expanding, causing the cliff to weaken.
A similar collapse saw a chunk of the cliff-face slip in March last year.
A Dover Coastguard spokesman said: 'There was a similar fall in 2012 but this one is smaller than that one. A bench and fence have gone down with it.
Rubble: The National Trust, which owns the stretch of land said that the collapse was smaller than a similar one last March
Mar 25, 2013
KM
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/landslide-buries-83-in-tibet-gold-mine-...
Landslide buries 83 in Tibet gold mine: China
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, earthmovers remove rocks and mud on the scene where a landslide hit a mining area in Maizhokunggar County of Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, on Friday, March 29, 2013.
Published Friday, March 29, 2013 1:25PM EDT
Last Updated Friday, March 29, 2013 3:17PM EDT
BEIJING -- A massive landslide engulfed a gold mining area in mountainous Tibet, burying 83 workers believed to have been asleep early Friday morning, Chinese state media said.
About 2 million cubic meters of mud, rock and debris swept through the area as the workers were resting and covered an area measuring around 4 square kilometres, China Central Television said.
Mar 29, 2013
Kris H
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22001076
Apr 3, 2013
Howard
Landslide hits SW China's Guizhou
A landslide hit Kaili City, southwest China's Guizhou Province in the early hours of April 16, blocking a provincial highway.
Several thousand cubic meters of rock blocked more than 80 meters of the highway, destroyed communication wires, a house and a sight-seeing pavilion, in Longchang Town, Kaili City. No casualties were reported.
Local authorities are checking the losses. Road workers have arrived at the scene to clear debris. The mountain is unstable.
Source
http://www.china.org.cn/environment/2013-04/16/content_28557117.htm
Apr 17, 2013
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2314221/Living-edge-Family-...
Living on the edge: Family home left hanging over a cliff after massive landslide threatens to send it down hill
By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 18:58 GMT, 24 April 2013 | UPDATED: 19:00 GMT, 24 April 2013
A family home is left teetering over the edge of a cliff after a landslide on the hillside supporting it caused the patio to collapse.
The home in Grand Terrace, San Bernadino County, Southern California, has been evacuated after the landslide which caused 25-foot-wide fissure shortly before 8am yesterday morning.
San Bernardino County fire department said authorities were called to the home in Grand Terrace after the slide undercut part of the home's patio and went back some 15 feet.
Housing crash: The home in Grand Terrace, Southern California, is seen teetering on the edge after the landslide
Apr 25, 2013
lonne rey
Dorset coast path collapse: 'Massive' cliff fall near Durdle Door
A section of the South West Coast Path in Dorset has been destroyed by a massive landslip.
Portland Coastguard said the cliff fall happened overnight at St Oswald's Bay, east of Durdle Door.
A coastguard spokesman said: "It is huge - a massive fall has taken out part of the cliff. It is rather extraordinary."
The path has been sealed off by council workers. People have been advised to keep clear of the affected area.
A spokesman for the Lulworth Estate which owns the land called it a "substantial" landslip.
Source
May 1, 2013
Howard
Massive Landslide in Austria (May 15)
A massive landslide has sparked a huge rescue operation over fears there are people trapped underneath tonnes of rubble.
The road connects much of Austria's Tyrol province with the city of Salzburg to the east, and emergency crews fear a car may be trapped under the rubble.
They say tons of soil and rock apparently loosened onto the two-lane roadway early Tuesday.
Police say a car from the capital, Vienna, was in the area at the time and was possibly buried by the slide.
Emergency team head Andreas Koell says search dogs are ready to look for possible victims as soon as geologists surveying the site from the air say it is safe to do so.
The latest landslide follows a spate of forest sliding down banks in January in the same region.
In 2010 a massive landslide in the same region left 35,000 cubic metres of debris which workers struggled to clear, the Austrian times reported.
Source
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2324734/Melting-snow-causes...
May 16, 2013
Howard
Couple Swept Out to Sea By "Freak" Alaskan Landslide (May 12)
Kevin Knox and Maggie Gallin are scraped, bruised and mourning the loss of their border collie mix dog, Luna, after getting swept into the ocean by a landslide while visiting a U.S. Forest Service public use cabin near Redoubt Lake. They returned to the area, about 15 miles southeast of Sitka, Tuesday to look for the dog, but don’t believe their pet survived. The pair had been camping at the cabin over the weekend, before a massive piece of the mountain above them gave way Sunday morning, sending trees, dirt, and debris cascading down the steep slope above them.
"We heard some rocks falling (Saturday) night," loud enough to "echo throughout the forest, waking us up at one point," Knox said. Since the sounds seemed to be coming from so far away, the couple decided to go back to bed.
“I was worried, but never thought anything could get all the way down to us, because there were so many trees between us and the top of the mountain,” Knox said.
The overnight rock falls were just a prelude to what was in store. The next morning, after rowing out to scout the mountainside and do some fishing, Knox stood on the shoreline, making a video of the boulders as they came crashing down from a peak about 4,000 feet above him. Gallin was inside the small cabin, packing up to meet the plane later that day.
And that's about the time a swath of mountain, later estimated to be about 200 yards squared, broke loose.
"I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. The entire mountain was moving," Knox said.
He began yelling for his girlfriend to get out of the cabin. "Run, just run, I told her."
He joined her and with their dog they ran as fast as they could to try and sidestep the trees, debris and mountainside. Instead they were forced into the water, sucked in and pushed under while 20-foot-tall rocks came to rest just feet away from crushing them.
“We popped up a few feet from shore; I couldn’t believe what had just happened," Knox said. "We were still alive.
"It was lucky timing, because if we had been inside the cabin when it hit, we wouldn’t have stood a chance,” Knox said.
After pulling themselves to shore, Knox and Gallin noticed their 11 year old border collie, Luna, was missing. Knox said they'd last seen her before going under water.
From the air, the scene looked horrific. The entire area where the cabin used to be was buried under debris, including large old-growth spruce trees that were dragged down the mountain during the slide. Mark Hackett, a pilot for Harris Air in Sitka, was scheduled to pick up Knox and Gallin Sunday afternoon.
“When I flew over the area, I couldn’t quite comprehend what I was seeing. I think my exact thought was just, 'oh shit,'" he said.
Since Knox and Gallin had hiked to the Redoubt Lake cabin from Salmon Lake, about 5 miles away, Hackett, at first, said he wasn't sure if the couple had been caught up in the slide.
"I circled the area a few times trying to get my bearings, and that’s when I saw Kevin (Knox) waving his coat in the air," Hackett said. After landing near shore, Hackett opened the plane’s door and yelled for the couple to get in.
"When I saw their eyes, I could tell that they were traumatized," Hackett said.
Hackett flew Knox and Gallin back to Sitka to be checked out by a doctor. Knox says he is sore, with some bruises and scrapes on his back, but that Gallin was more banged up.
"She has a black eye, swollen nose and is very sore," Knox said. But the physical damage is the least of the injuries suffered by the couple. The loss of Luna, a happy-go-lucky dog Knox adopted 10 years ago, has devastated them. And then there are the lasting emotional effects of being swept up in a massive landslide.
"I woke up this morning, reliving what had happened, and all I could think is: 'I have no idea why I am still alive,'" Knox said. A lifelong resident of Sitka, and avid outdoorsman, Knox wonders if his sense of safety in the wilderness has vanished. "You think, OK, I am prepared for what may happen, like a bear encounter, or a fall, but you can’t prepare for something like this,” Knox said by phone after returning from the scene Tuesday afternoon."
The Redoubt Lake cabin is 40 to 50 yards old, according to Forest Service Sitka Area District Ranger Perry Edwards. It is popular enough that before the landslide, the small, one-room cabin was scheduled to be updated and rebuilt. That’s unlikely now as the land it once occupied has been transformed into a pile of tangled trees, rocks, and mud. But since it was at the base of a steep slope, in an area where rockslides are not uncommon, should that location have been selected in the first place?
Edwards doesn’t have a problem with it. “Judging by the old-growth forest on the mountainside, and the type of trees there, it is highly likely that a slide of this magnitude hasn’t happened near there for at least 300 to 400 years,” Edwards said. He noted he’s never heard concerns about the cabin’s location.
Redoubt Lake is home to a strong run of sockeye salmon -- a major source of food for Sitka’s fishermen. The slide has blocked the entrance to the lake from the ocean. The Sitka Ranger’s office thinks there is enough water movement to clear a path for migrating salmon – expected to push up the area in mid-July.
“If it doesn’t, we will consider blasting open a channel,” Edwards said.
Recovering in Sitka, Kevin Knox said he isn’t sure if he and Gallin consider themselves lucky -- because they survived what probably should have killed them, or unlucky -- because they got caught up in it in the first place.
"It was an absolute fluke," Knox said, "everything from it happening in the first place, to surviving the slide."
Source
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20130514/sitka-couple-barely-...
May 16, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20100410/NEWS/100903081/Landsl...
Landslides surge in Western North Carolina
Pressure builds for regulations
FRANKLIN — It took about a month for the small crack in front of Mike Boggan's mountainside home to turn into a foot-high drop off.
A county inspector told him not to worry about it at first. Today his house stands condemned and Boggan is living with friends, the latest victim in a string of landslides across Western North Carolina.
In the last six months, landslides, mudslides and rock slides in WNC and east Tennessee have destroyed parts of three major highways and damaged at least five houses, Boggan's included.
Governments in both states are spending nearly $20 million to repair the damage, with the biggest expense being the rockslide on Interstate 40. Repair work on that stretch near the Tennessee line should be done this month.
The increase comes during one of the wettest years on record and during one of the hardest winters.
It also comes as local and state lawmakers feel increasing pressure to develop regulations for building on mountainsides.
Worried neighbors
Boggan is not the only one on his street who doesn't know what to do.
Varshana McGaughey and her husband built their home nearby two years ago and worry about the ground's stability.
"My concern is about the stability of the whole mountain," she said, "and what will happen two months down the road or two years down the road."
A slow-moving landslide of about 5 acres made living in Boggan's house too dangerous .
McGaughey hasn't seen problems as severe, although part of her lot and a corner of her driveway did sink recently. It's being repaired with compacted fill dirt on her builder's advice. The cause hasn't been determined.
State geologists have looked at Boggan's property and surveyed land being cleared nearby for the Craftsman's Village development, which was to have homes and shops.
The mountain's soil is decomposed bedrock so soft it can be removed with a hand trowel, said Rick Wooten, a senior geologist with the N.C. Geological Survey.
"It has the worst of both worlds," he said. "It has the plane of weakness it inherited from the bedrock, but the mass has weathered to the point where it's lost the strength of what it had."
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http://landslides.usgs.gov/recent/ls_news.php
May 22, 2013
Howard
Alberta Highway Near Peace River Collapses (May 18)
Highway 744, Judah Hill road just south of Peace River has been closed due to a collapse.
Alberta Transportation discovered the slide during a routine inspection of the area and was in the process of forging a detour when the rest of the road collapsed shortly after midnight May 18. The area was deemed hazardous and the entire road remains blocked off.
Traffic entering and exiting the Town of Peace River via Highway 744 is detoured to Highway 2 and Highway 683. Due to the location and severity of the slide, the length of time the road closure will be in effect is unknown.
La Prairie Works Inc., the Alberta Transportation contractor responsible for the maintenance of the highway in the area, continues to closely monitor the slide’s activity.
“Until we get that initial assessment done we really don’t know what we’re looking at," according to Acting Operations Manager Mae Stewart.
This is the first serious collapse the road has had.
Source
http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/2013/05/21/highway-near-peace-riv...
May 23, 2013
Tracie Crespo
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/23/18441754-one-child-missi...
One child missing, one killed in Minnesota field trip landslide
Jim Mone / AP
Rescue personnel gather near an entrance to Lilydale Regional Park above the Mississippi River during a suspension of search efforts to find a fourth child missing after a landslide swept over a group of children on a fourth grade field trip Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in St. Paul, Minn.
Authorities said they would continue their search Thursday for a Minnesota child who remained missing after a gravel slide swept several children on a school fossil-hunting trip into a pit, killing one.
The fourth-graders from a St. Louis Park elementary school were hiking in Lilydale Regional Park on Wednesday when a steep slope soaked by rain gave way, authorities have said. Two trapped children were dug out by firefighters who clawed away gravel with their hands and shovels, they said.
“It appears they were walking along and the ground, after the rain we’ve had, was so soft and it gave way and they fell into what became a hole and the earth came on top of them,” St. Paul Fire Marshal Steve Zaccard said at a news conference, according to NBC News affiliate KARE.
Scott Takushi / AP
An emergency worker attends to a person on a stretcher, being evacuated out of a rockslide site by helicopter, on the West Side of St. Paul, Wednesday, May 22, 2013.
“The slide had fallen down on top of them," Zaccard said. “One was partially buried, one was completely buried.”
The search for the missing student was suspended overnight as rescuers battled worsening conditions.
“Water is flowing right into the hole making it extremely dangerous for rescuers to work anymore,” Zaccard said. “We are working with our partners in Parks and Public Works to make the scene safe for what’s become a recovery effort for what might be a fourth victim.”
A man who identified himself as the missing child’s uncle said the student “liked geology,” according to the Minnesota Star Tribune.
“Thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the children and to our first responders who continue to deal with the situation as it develops,” said St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman.
May 23, 2013
Yvonne Lawson
Landslides and Large Dams - there may be trouble ahead....
The first is the global distribution of large dams – this is from the UN GrandD database, which provides information of large dams worldwide, mapped onto a global digital elevation model using ArcMap:
So each red dot here is a large dam (defined as having a storage capacity of greater than 0.1 cubic kilometres). The interesting thing here is the paucity of large dams in and around the Himalayan chain (and indeed the Andes). As I have shown before, the Himalayas are really the global epicentre for landslide activity, so this is the environment that requires the highest level of care with respect to landslide problems. The map below homes in on the Himalayas, again with a DEM as the backdrop:
The circles with dots in the centre are locations in which my database indicates there have been fatality-inducing landslides associated with large dams in the last ten years. These are mostly landslides at dam construction sites or landslides that have impacted the camps housing employees associated with dam construction or operation.
There are a surprising number of landslides given the numbers of dams in this part of the world.
SOURCE
http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2013/05/26/landslides-and-large-...
http://www.zetatalk.com/info/tinfo24a.htm
May 26, 2013
Lynne Warbrooke
This on the heels of the news about the 5 month long Mag7 deep slow slip quake and they blame a burst water main.. The news is getting too ridiculous to be even remotely funny anymore.
http://www.3news.co.nz/Landslide-evacuates-nearly-100-in-Wgtn/tabid...
Landslide evacuates nearly 100 in Wellington - June 1
A massive landslide in Wellington has swept away backyards and left houses teetering on a cliff edge.
At least 90 people in the suburbs of Kingston and Berhampore were evacuated early this morning when a slip about 40 metres wide by 100 metres long came away from under houses in Priscilla Crescent.
Emergency services were called to the slip in Priscilla Crescent shortly before 5am this morning.
"The hill just slipped away and the rumbling and cracking sound of all the trees lasted for about a minute," one resident says.
"I thought it was a fire, but I looked outside, I couldn't see any flames but I could see the trees moving on the hill and the whole bank was slipping down the hill… The whole house was shaking and everything."
Around eight people have been taken to a Civil Defence center in Newtown. The majority of those evacuated are staying with friends or family.
A burst water main has been fingered as the cause of the slip, but council authorities have not confirmed this yet.
"There's still quite a bit of water coming out of the bank at this point in time which we are unable to establish where that's coming from," says Wellington senior sergeant Shannon Clifford.
Further minor slips have occurred over the morning, and with two houses on the edged of the newly-created precipice it is likely residents will be kept away for a while.
"While we were evacuating people further landslides occurred, whole pohutakawa trees were coming down in that landslide whilst we were pulling people out of their houses," says Mr Clifford.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/8745362/Wellington-homes-...
Jun 1, 2013
Howard
Deadly Landslides in Taiwan Following 6.5 Quake (June 2)
Although sparse information is currently available, above are images of some of the landslides which occurred in several locations following today's severe quake.
A rockslide near the magnitude-6.3 quake's epicentre killed one person driving a car on a mountain road in Mountain Ali in the southern part of the island.
Rockslides at the scenic mountainous area near the epicentre also injured several people.
Sources
http://www.eturbonews.com/35216/deadly-landslide-after-taiwan-rocke...
http://earthquake-report.com/2013/06/02/very-strong-earthquake-taiw...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/taiwan/10094226/Eart...
Jun 2, 2013
Howard
Dramatic video footage of a landslide that occurred in Taiwan following yesterday's severe quake (courtesy of Khan).
Jun 4, 2013
Mark
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2337012/Cliff-cul-sac-Brita...
Series of landslides in Devon causing trouble for houses: (April 4)
Jun 7, 2013
jorge namour
Posted on 12/06/2013
ALERT: Ecuador oil spill threat to Brazil and Peru
The largest pipeline Ecuador suspended its operations after a section broke due to a landslide on the slopes of the volcano reventador,informed state oil company Petroecuador.
The SOTE pipeline transports crude oil produced by state-owned Petroamazonas
The SOTE broke this morning due to a landslide on a mountainside "
The company said about 100 workers were sent to the area to repair the break and contain spill.
Brazil is "on alert" for the oil spill that originated in Ecuador and travels downstream to the Brazilian Amazon.
The spill has already reached the Peruvian Amazon region of Loreto.
Traduced by google
http://indagadores.wordpress.com/2013/06/12/alerta-derrame-de-petro...
Jun 13, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/137754/woman-dies-after-hous...
Woman dies after house demolished in landslide
Updated at 6:14 am today
A 63-year-old woman died when her house was demolished in a large landslide near Kaiteriteri in the Tasman district on Sunday.
Emergency services were alerted at 1.15pm and on arrival, found the badly damaged property on the Kaiteriteri-Sandy Bay Road.
One wall and the roof were all that remained of the house and neighbours were attempting to find the woman, who was the sole occupant of the property.
Her body was found partially submerged in the mud - police say the force of the landslide caused her to be ejected from her house.
Senior Sergeant Stu Koefoed says the house was levelled after a 200 metre slip came through the back of it.
"It was a slope and it's come straight through the house, so there's quite a bit of mass involved in the material that's come through the house - taken out most of the walls, the roof was left standing and she was found nearby."
Police have evacuated two neighbouring properties as a precaution and civil defence is managing road closures and monitoring river levels.
St John Tasman District operations manager James McMeekin says residents and emergency crews tried to help and although there was flooding it didn't stop emergency services from getting to the scene.
Several residents in the Tasman District have left their homes in case of flooding from the Riwaka River, although the levels in most of the area's other rivers are beginning to drop.
Ten millimetres of rain an hour is expected to fall on the district until at least midnight on Sunday.
Heavy rain, landslips, and flooding have closed a number of roads in the Tasman and Waitaki areas.
Drivers in the Tasman area can now use the Takaka Hill and can get to Marahau, although there are closures of minor roads, and the Tasman District Council says even roads which are open may be affected by land slips and debris.
Flooding in Canterbury and North Otago
The regional council in Canterbury says staff will be on duty there all night.
Its duty flood controller Tony Henderson says rain started on Saturday night in South Canterbury and North Otago, and is expected to cause problems on Sunday night.
He says streams and creeks are likely to overflow onto neighbouring roads, so residents should check for closures and warnings before setting out for work on Monday morning.
The council says the Western-Ngpara Road to the north-west of Oamaru is closed, which is expected to interrupt school bus services on Monday.
The regional council says there are no road closures in the North Otago area at 10pm on Sunday, although if a steady drizzle continues there, some surface flooding can be expected.
There are also 14 minor roads closed in South Canterbury.
MetService says the rain will ease in South Canterbury and North Otago by 6pm on Monday.
Landslide partly demolishes West Auckland house
Heavy rain has also affected Auckland with the fire service attending over 50 weather-related call outs.
Some people had to be evacuated from a house on Titirangi Beach Road in West Auckland, after it was partly demolished by a landslide but no one was injured.
Lines company Vector says about 650 households north of Auckland are still without power at 10pm on Sunday due to heavy rain and strong winds.
A Vector spokesperson says power has been restored to most houses that experienced outages earlier in the evening.
She says there are about 300 houses in Warkworth, another 300 in Waiwera, and about 50 in Long Bay that still have no power.
But she says lines staff are still hoping to restore power to those houses later on Sunday night.
Jun 16, 2013
Howard
Devastating Landslides in Nepal (June 19)
Two shepherds in Jumla district, who were stranded in the woods by heavy rain compounded by gutsy winds, have died of exposure.
Khem Raj Shahi, 20, and Hari Lal Shahi, 45, of Tamti VDC-7 were found dead in the woods in a remote village, said Chief District Officer Hari Pyakurel.
According to Pyakurel, they had gone into the woods to tend sheep, goats and mares Tuesday night. But they could not return home as they were held up by stormy weather, which led to a sharp decline in temperatures throughout the night. Locals recovered the bodies from the woods on Wednesday after the storm subsided.
Around 350 head of cattle that the two men were tending were swept away by a massive landslide.
“All the sheep, goats and mares swept away by the landslide were owned by the locals of Tamti, Haku and Kudari VDCs," said Pyakurel. In Tamti VDC, which is about 18 kilometers north of district headquarters, there was incessant rain since Sunday.
After learning about the incident, the district police office deployed a team from its Kudari post, which is some three hours´ walk from Tamti VDC. Similarly, the district veterinary office has sent a veterinary officer to Tamti VDC to examine the cattle killed in the landslide.
Similarly, landslide also destroyed three watermills owned by one Janak Raut of Tamti VDC. The landslide has destroyed Madhu Shankar Upadhyay´s house in nearby Birat VDC and displaced his family.
According to CDO Pyakurel, streams swollen by the rains have swept away six wooden bridges and inundated Netra Jyoti Secondary School in Haku VDC. Jajwolyaman Neupane, principal of the school, said they have been unable to conduct classes as the school because of the flooding.
Source
http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&...
Jun 20, 2013
Howard
Landslides Kills 1,000 in Indian Himalayas (June 21)
India's military battled to reach villages and towns cut off by flash floods and landslides in the country's north as officials warned at least 1,000 people may have been killed.
Helicopters and close to 10,000 soldiers have been deployed to rescue tourists and pilgrims stranded after floods caused by torrential monsoon rains hit the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand at the weekend.
More than 33,100 people have so far been rescued, as the military takes advantage of clearer weather, but another 50,400 are still stranded, the Home Ministry said in a statement.
"Our priority is to take out the children and women first by helicopter," said Ajay Chadha, chief of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.
"We hope to rescue all the living and then start the scavenging task," Chadha said in New Delhi, referring to the task of finding the dead.
Houses, buildings and vehicles have collapsed or been swept away by overflowing rivers and landslides, while bridges and narrow roads leading to pilgrimage towns have also been destroyed, officials said.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh launched an online appeal for funds, asking "all citizens of India to stand with our distressed fellow countrymen" and "donate generously".
Torrential rains four and a half times as heavy as usual have hit Uttarakhand, known as the "Land of the Gods", where Hindu shrines and temples built high in the mountains attract many pilgrims.
"There are some 3,000 of us stuck in Gangotri (a pilgrimage site) for the past few days and there is no food, no drinking water or assurances from the government," a pilgrim, Parwinder Singh, told CNN-IBN by telephone.
"It is very difficult to move from here," he added.
At least 138 people have been confirmed dead across Uttarakhand and two neighbouring states also hit by floods and landslides, officials said, but shrine authorities warned the toll was more than 1,000.
"We estimate more than 1,000 people have died as unattended bodies are scattered all around," said Ganesh Godiyal, chairman of a trust in charge of several shrines in the pilgrimage towns of Kedarnath and Badrinath.
Over the border in Nepal, floods and landslides also triggered by the monsoon have left at least 39 people dead mostly in remote parts of the country, officials said.
The military operation was focused on the worst-hit Kedarnath temple area, as families of the missing faced an anxious wait in Uttarakhand capital's Dehradun.
Some of those rescued told of scrambling to higher ground to escape raging waters, only to watch helplessly as buildings, cars and even dead bodies were swept away before them.
"There is nothing left in Kedarnath now except the temple," pilgrim Sitaram Sukhatiahe told the Press Trust of India after arriving by helicopter in Dehradun.
One of those stranded was Indian cricket star Harbhajan Singh, who was attempting to reach a Sikh pilgrimage site but had to take refuge in a police station.
"Some people are saying that we're stuck but I wouldn't say that we're stuck, I'd say we've been saved by God," said the spin bowler, who was later flown out of the flood-hit area by military chopper.
"With the kind of rainstorm we witnessed, anything could have happened. Many people lost their lives," the cricketer said.
Figures for the death toll have varied considerably, underscoring the difficulty of reaching isolated areas. An Uttarakhand state lawmaker, Shaila Rani Rawat, put the death toll at 2,000, but disaster management officials could not confirm this.
Nearly 10,000 soldiers along with 13 teams from the National Disaster Response Force have been deployed for the rescue and relief effort, the government said.
Indian paramilitary officers have been building rope and log bridges across raging rivers to try to reach those stranded.
Relief camps have been set up to house evacuated residents and tourists. Some 22 helicopters are ferrying many of those rescued to the camps, while 14 tonnes of food and relief aid has been dropped in remote areas, the air force and the government said.
The monsoon, which covers the subcontinent from June to September, usually brings some flooding. But the heavy rains arrived early this year, catching many by surprise and exposing the country's lack of preparedness.
Source
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/landslide-kills-1000-at-...
Jun 21, 2013
Howard
Landslides Strand 1500 in Tibet (July 5)
Although reported as "rain-triggered mudslides", the pictured excavators are clearly not removing mud but rather crushed rock.
Over 1,500 people and 300 vehicles were stranded after landslides halted traffic in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
Two landslides, which occurred successively after 9:30pm (local time) on Friday, stopped traffic on a road section in Bomi's Niutagou region, rescuers said on Saturday.
The landslides blocked over 1,500 people and 300 vehicles on the road, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
There were no reports of casualties so far. The debris flow, about 12,000 cubic meters, covered a road section of about 120 meters.
Rescuers and large equipment have been sent to clear the road.
Source
http://www.sahilonline.org/english/newsDetails.php?cid=6&nid=19152
Jul 7, 2013
Howard
Landslide Forces I-80 to Close in California (July 2)
Interstate 80 was shut down for hours in both directions near the California-Nevada state line after rocks and mud flowed onto the freeway.
The California Department of Transportation says Tuesday's landslide was the size of a football field, with mud and debris 3 to 8 inches deep.
Several motorists were caught in the mud but Caltrans crews were able to get them out before they began clearing the mess.
One passenger in a car who took cell phone video could be heard saying, "The freeway's gone, the freeway's gone. Concrete and everything!"
Mud and rock even made it down to Union Pacific railroad tracks beside the Truckee River, leaving a short section covered in mud and wood debris.
Cal Trans spokesperson Deanna Shoopman said the muddy debris covering 80 was about the size of a football field -- 300 feet long and 6 inches deep.
Sources
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/california/Sierra-Landslide-Forces-I...
http://www.news10.net/news/article/249435/338/Rockslide-blocks-west...
Jul 7, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.zetatalk.com/newsletr/issue187.htm
Impassable Roads
Jul 7, 2013
Mark
China Sichuan landslide 'buries up to 40 people'
A landslide has buried between 30 and 40 people in China's Sichuan province, state media say.
The landslide occurred in Zhongxing town on Wednesday morning. More than 100 rescuers with rescue dogs were at the scene, Xinhua news agency said.
The landslide followed days of torrential rain across parts of China that has caused floods in some areas.
On Tuesday, a bridge in Sichuan's Jiangyou collapsed, with at least 12 people missing.
Zhongxing is in Dujiangyan city, one of the places badly hit by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-23251188
Jul 10, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/uttarakhand-landslide-kills-7-members-of...
Uttarakhand: Landslide kills 7 members of a family in Chamoli
New Delhi: Seven member of a family including three children and a woman were killed in a landslide in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district on Wednesday. The incident happened after a house collapsed due to the landslide in Bhikona village.
According to reports, the landslide was triggered by heavy rains in the area. The landslide occurred at around 3:00 am on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, after being stuck in Gunji for more than a month due to landslides triggered by incessant rainfall, Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims have finally been airlifted to safety.
According to reports, the landslide was triggered by heavy rains in the area.
A 52 member batch of Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims who had been stuck in Gunji town, 120 kms away from Pithoragarh, are finally on their way back.
Gunji had become inaccessible after all connecting roads leading to the town were washed away due to heavy landslides caused by heavy rains in the region. It's being claimed that more than 500 people in more than 15 villages near Pithoragarh, are still stranded.
Jul 10, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/HmAvLRh9Pd4TIWalYHvf8K/1-dead-seve...
2 killed, 1 injured in Mumbai landslide
Jul 10, 2013
Howard
Massive Mudslide Washes Away Cars in Colorado (July 10)
A driver has filmed the moment his car was swept away in a Colorado mudslide.
"Oh my god," John Schroyer said as he filmed from inside his car as it was carried off the road by the fast-moving flood waters in Colorado.
Mr Schroyer, who works for local newspaper The Gazette, had arrived at Manitou Springs in Colorado to capture the scene before he was swept away.
He was forced to climb out of his car's window to safety.
"The flood waters kept going and going, and I was stuck in my car for probably half an hour, until I climbed out of the window onto my car's roof and jumped to solid ground," he said.
The mudslide caused chaos after it shut down the highway for almost three hours, while motorists were left stunned as up to 25 vehicles were swept off the road of stuck in the mudflow.
Sources
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/2013/07/12/11/20/driver-swept-away...
http://www.weather.com/news/massive-mudslide-washes-cars-away-colo-...
Jul 12, 2013
KM
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/story/2013/07/12/saskatoon-...
8 Saskatoon families asked to leave homes over slope failure
CBC News
Posted: Jul 12, 2013 6:38 PM ET
Last Updated: Jul 12, 2013 7:18 PM ET
Eight Saskatoon families are being asked to voluntarily leave their homes because of concerns about slope failure in the area.
Officials from the city said the homes affected are along 11th Street East. Notices were being issued Friday afternoon.
Murray Totland, Saskatoon's city manager, called the shifting soil a public safety concern.
The city said increased movement was noted recently in the slope between 11th Street East and Saskatchewan Crescent East.
"We consider [the movement] alarming," Mike Gutek, Saskatoon's manager of infrastructure, said Friday. "Last year we were talking about the slope moving in terms of millimetres per day. We're now talking about the slope moving centimetres per day."
The residents most affected by the slope failure have been kept informed, Gutek said, and more meetings — for all residents in the area — were set for next week.
Meeting for residents set for Westminster Church on the corner of Eastlake Avenue and 10th Street, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 16.
Saskatoon has been evaluating the condition of the slope with a consulting engineer. Homeowners were also being advised to get their own advice.
Gutek said the people being asked to evacuate their homes should check with an engineer before returning.
The city's fire department was asking affected residents to register with them, so they can account for people.
A command bus will also be set up in the neighbourhood.
The city said mandatory evacuations could yet be issued.
The shifting ground has been a concern for over a year, most recently in the spring.
Monitoring this week revealed what the city called a serious increase in the rate of movement of the earth.
They said addressing the issue would not be easy and residents could be out of their homes for months.
Jul 13, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.wsav.com/story/22848724/2013/07/16/landslide-closes-sect...
Landslide closes section of Highway 194 in Avery County
Posted: Jul 16, 2013 12:13 AM CDTUpdated: Jul 16, 2013 11:06 AM CDT
NEWLAND, NC (WJHL) -
North Carolina State Police was on scene early Tuesday assisting with traffic control as were NCDOT engineers.
Jul 16, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://colombiareports.com/massive-landslide-hits-south-colombia-hi...
Massive landslide hits south Colombia highway; 6 confirmed dead, ’26 missing’
(Photos: Radio Santa Fe)
A landslide surprised traffic on a highway in southern Colombia Thursday, killing at least six as the mud and rocks buried several vehicles including buses.
“Until now we have been able to remove five vehicles; two buses, a truck, a car and an ambulance,” Andres Cardozo, the chief of the Florencia fire department told Colombia Reports.
The landslide took place on the border of the Huila and Neiva departments, covering half a mile of the road connecting the city of Neiva and the town of Florencia.
While dozens are feared trapped under the rubble, the fireman said that so far six people were found dead and 10 others were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment.
Cardozo explained he magnitude of the landslide was extraordinary, even for Colombian standards where landslides are common during rainy season.
“They’re talking about 28,000 cubic meters of soil that fell over a stretch of 800 meters. Almost a kilometer of road is covered by the landslide that hit the area,” said the official.
According to radio station Santa Fe, 28 people are missing and feared trapped under the rubble. Cardozo confirmed authorities are assuming to find more bodies as rescue efforts are ongoing.
“There are still vehicles that are trapped in the middle of the landslide and we know there are more dead,” said Cardozo who refused to speculate about the number of cars or people trapped in the rubble.
Location of the landslide
Jul 19, 2013
lonne rey
A Cliff collapses in Seine Maritime (France)
Seine-Maritime, already affected by frequent erosion (note mentioned later on in the article "not during summer"), was the scene Monday, a major landslide cliff . Nearly 30,000 tons of rock were suddenly spread to parts of the beach of Saint-Jouin-Bruneval. The phenomenon began in the night to continue to noon. BFM TV was a Witness at the scene and filmed the impressive sight.
This is the foot of the cliff, formed part of a clay, which gave way. The mayor, warned at the first landslides, immediately defined security perimeter.
"Everything was stable until midday the last landslide"
On site, municipal services, but also the Office of Geological and Mining Research, and the police and firefighters. Mayor François Auber, interviewed by the information 76Actus website , said: "Everything was very unstable until midday the last landslide."
The authorities took the opportunity to remind pedestrians that traffic at the foot of the cliffs is dangerous, this phenomenon is RARE during summer, for it normally only occurs in winter because of frost.
(Translated with Google)
Source in French
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&a...
Jul 19, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
Landslide in Turkey .....5 dead
http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=113457
Governor of Turkey's southern Hatay province Mehmet Celalettin Lekesiz stated on Friday that 121 kilograms rain fell per square meter in 7 hours, regarding the heavy flood and landslides, which left 5 dead and 12 wounded.
Visiting the Cokek plateau to wish the victims a speedy recovery, Lekesiz stated a huge landslide happened in the region on Thursday night.
"A real damage exists here. Our ministers have called and our deputy prime minister sent his wishes for speedy recovery. They stated they would do all, what is needed to be done. Since the incident occured, all our institutions have acted together. We can get better together but it's impossible to bring back the dead. More people could have died but as the people were awake at 4 a.m., heard the noise of the landslide and discharged their homes, a bigger disaster was prevented," Lekesiz said.
Five people were killed, 12 others wounded and 6 houses were demolished in the flood on Thursday night, Office of Governor of Hatay had stated.
In case of the possibility that there could be missing people, a search and rescue helicopter of General Staff as well as an ambulance helicopter of Health Ministry were sent to the region, according to the Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD).
An ambulance helicopter of Turkish Ministry of Health rescued 3 people, while 6 others were rescued by a helicopter of General Staff.
Jul 19, 2013
Howard
Massive Landslide Ravages China Villages (July 24)
Dramatic video capture of a huge swathe of mountainside tumbling into a valley in Sichuan province that destroyed scores of houses and around six hectares of farmland, as well as forcing the evacuation of 14,000 people.
Military personnel, police and local officials have been drafted in to help cope with the aftermath of this disasterous landslide.
Sources
http://www.wavy.com/dpps/entertainment/must_see_video/china-landsli...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10199444/Drama...
Jul 26, 2013
Howard
Dramatic Footage Shows Car Being Engulfed By Landslide in China (July 13)
CCTV cameras on a mountain pass in China's Shaanxi province captured the moment a black saloon car was suddenly engulfed by a landslide.
Another vehicle travelling closely behind is lucky to escape as mud and earth tumbles to the road for nearly a minute.
Miraculously the four men travelling in the black saloon were all able to free themselves after the incident, which is believed to have occurred on 13 July.
Source
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10207274/Car-e...
Jul 28, 2013
Howard
Separate Landslides Leave 10 Missing, Bury 6 in China (July 27)
Ten people were reported missing and three others injured after a landslide ravaged a village in southwest China's Yunnan Province, local authorities said Sunday.
A huge swathe of mud, rocks and debris tumbled into the Jinsha River, destroying parts of the Huangping village of Huanghua Town in Yongshan County of Yunnan Province in the disaster that happened at around 5 pm on Saturday.
The wave triggered by the landslide also caused damages of Kahaluo Township of neighboring Leibo County of Sichuan Province, according to local publicity authorities.
The size of the fallen mountainside was estimated at 200 meters wide and 250 meters deep.
Six of the 10 missing people were from Leibo County, three were construction workers at a local dock, and one villager from Yongshan, the Yonghsan County government said.
Several vehicles, motorcycles and boats were damaged by the landslide.
On Sunday morning, another landslide occurred in northeast China's Dalian City buried six people.
Rescue efforts of the two landslides are under way.
Source
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/799533.shtml#.UfU_gW2ncYV
Jul 28, 2013
Howard
SW China Landslide Kills 1, Halts Railway Traffic (Aug 2)
A landslide that occurred early on Friday killed a railway worker and disrupted trains on a railway in southwest China’s Yunnan Province.
Eleven trains were halted and 17 others were forced to take detours on a railway linking the city of Neijiang in Sichuan Province and the city of Liupanshui in Guizhou Province after a landslide that occurred around midnight near the Daguan train station in Yunnan.
The landslide also disrupted traffic on nearby Laoyicha Road and damaged power lines.
Source
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2013/08/sw-china-landslide-disrupts...
Aug 3, 2013
Howard
Norway Rockslide Isolates 500 People (Aug 1)
Around 500 residents and visitors in the small community of Todalen in Nordmøre, central Norway, were isolated at mid-week after a mud and rockslide roared down a nearby mountainside, blocking the only road into town.
The slide also tore down a powerline between Surnadal and Sunndal, leaving them without power and telephone connections.
The town’s roughly 325 residents could only be reached via boat, after the slide also tore out sections of the road. Emergency crews weren’t sure when they would be able to repair the road enough to get it open again.
Several tourists were also trapped in the isolated if scenic area, and local officials were working on ways of getting food, power and communication to them. Local newspaper Tidens Krav reported no injuries after the slide, but much uncertainty and inconvenience.
Source
http://www.newsinenglish.no/2013/08/01/rockslide-isolates-hundreds/
Aug 4, 2013
Howard
Lives Pummeled by Landslides in Northern India (Aug 7)
Twenty five houses were shattered by the landslides in Dharamsala on Wednesday, and elderly people, women and kids have suffered the most. Struggling hard to bring back normalcy at least to some extent, they spent an entire night fearing another possible landslip.
Having lost their homes to nature's fury, the hapless men and women have no choice but to take shelter under an open shed with their families. They have been given this facility by the authorities and some Army quarters have also been arranged. Still, digging up the debris for luggage and shifting it elsewhere is surely a daunting task. Army personnel and local police teams have been deployed for this purpose but persistent rain has been hindering the operations.
Sources
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Dharamshala-landslide-Live...
http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/07/19911640-homes-swept-...
Aug 10, 2013