"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. "
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Eight people killed after boulders hit Manikaran Sahib Gurdwara in Himachal due to landslide
Manikaran: Eight persons were killed and ten others injured when a building adjoining the historic Manikaran Sahib Gurdwara caved in due to a massive landslide on Tuesday afternoon.
The Gurdwara is an important place of worship for the Sikhs because it is believed that once, Guru Nanak came to the place with his disciple Bhai Mardana, according to Deccan Herald.
Kullu Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Kanwar confirmed that eight bodies which were buried under huge boulders have been extricated while search is on for more.
Eyewitnesses claimed that the dead could be more than ten in number as a large number of people had taken shelter in the building, close to the Gurdwara, when the tragedy struck.
The exact number of dead or injured could not be ascertained as some bodies are feared to be buried under the debris.
The district administration has sought the assistance of Gurdwara authorities in locating and identifying the bodies as most people staying in the building were outsiders.
People ran helter-skelter as boulders fell on the building and many were trapped as a huge portion of the three-storey building virtually collapsed.
The locals and Gurdwara management immediately swung into action and started rescue operations while Additional District Magistrate, Sub Divisional Magistrate, Kullu and other district officials rushed to the spot.
Those injured have been admitted to zonal hospital at Kullu and condition of seven of them is stated to be serious.
Source: http://www.firstpost.com/india/eight-people-killed-after-boulders-h...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A landslide described by one witness as a sea of logs, mud and debris is believed to have trapped three people who were missing Tuesday from a neighborhood in the Alaska coastal town of Sitka.
City officials earlier said four people were missing.
A city building official is among those who are missing. City officials said he is William Stortz, 62, who also is the city fire marshal. The Daily Sitka Sentinel first reported the identity.
The other people missing are brothers 26-year-old Elmer Diaz and 25-year-old Ulises Diaz, Sitka fire spokeswoman Sara Peterson said.
A search had not yet started late Tuesday afternoon because of the instability of the site.
Stortz’s wife, Libby, was at the area of the slide, waiting for a search to begin, said a family friend, Peter Turner. “Most of us don’t have a lot of hope,” he said.
Chris Harshey, who is a carpenter, was working on a nearby home when the slide occurred. “All of a sudden, I heard crackling and crumbling, and then the lights flickered,” he told the Sentinel.
Harshey went outside to investigate and saw “a sea of large logs, mud, more logs and a slurry of muddy debris.” The slide destroyed a home about 200 yards above him and damaged another home closer to him.
The entire landslide lasted about four minutes, he said.
The landslides occurred Tuesday morning after 2 1/2 inches of rain fell in 24 hours. One sinkhole also was reported.
Gov. Bill Walker planned to tour Sitka on Wednesday to observe the damage. “Our thoughts and prayers are with those who are missing and all the people affected by the disasters in Sitka today,” Walker said in a statement.
An office building just outside town also was evacuated because it is near one of the landslides.
Homes in town have been flooded, and there were reports of residents not being able to reach their homes or leave their neighborhood, said Jeremy Zidek, a spokesman for the state Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
The landslide at the construction site was especially heartbreaking, he said. “It’s pretty devastating on how fast something like this can happen,” Simpson, a retired commercial fisherman, said in a phone interview from a saloon.
The city of more than 9,000 people declared a state of emergency because of the landslides.
Sitka, almost 600 miles southeast of Anchorage, sees heavy rain throughout the year. More rain was expected.
Heavy rain was blamed for a major landslide in September near the town that wiped out hundreds of thousands of dollars in watershed-restoration projects. The rain also damaged a footbridge and trails, including one that had been repaired after flooding in January 2014.
A year earlier, two people at a U.S. Forest Service cabin near Sitka escaped moments before part of a mountain slid down.
Source: http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/4-people-missing-after-at-...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-33939525
A section of the East Yorkshire coastline is beginning to collapse after a large crack appeared in the cliffs at Mappleton beach.
A cordon has been put in place around the 50m crack, which was spotted on Wednesday, and people have been warned to avoid the cliff top.
Geologists described it as a "landslip in action" and said the cliff was "continuously slipping".
The council said "about 2,000 cubic metres" were in the process of falling.
Coastguard rescue officer and geologist Daniel Escreet said: "It's a huge danger. It's continuously slipping, it's a landslip in action.
"It'll be moving very slowly at the moment. But it could move very quickly at any time."
Michael Ball, the council's principal engineer, said: "It's the fastest eroding coastline in Europe.
"We've seen a large crack develop and the cliff is unstable.
"We've taken measures to make the area safe. We've put up fencing today. It's very likely it's going to give away soon... the next few tides could bring it down.
"People have to be aware that it's a dangerous situation to be standing too close to the cliff edge and getting too close to the base of the cliff, because material can fall down at anytime."7
Landslide in Honduras, left 182 families without home:
According to an expert, the houses were built in an area where there was a landslide and the construction company did not made appropriate geological studies before building.
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Spectacular cliff landslide due to STORMS - FRANCE
News - Published Saturday, August 15, 2015 by The Weather Channel - LA CHAINE METEO
A cliff landslide took place yesterday in the municipality of Varengeville-sur-Mer, in Seine-Maritime, near Dieppe.
http://actualite.lachainemeteo.com/actualite-meteo/2015-08-15-09h29...
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Major emergency resources were quickly mobilized. There are strong suspicions about the presence of a victim under the mass of chalky rocks. The beach of Petit Ailly on which the landslide took place, was closed to the public.
Thunderstorms in question
The waves of storms that have succeeded the last two days in the department could weaken the chalk cliff. Because of very unstable weather conditions that weaken the cliffs, it is not advisable to walk at the foot of cliffs. In more general terms, we must respect the municipal bans in force.
The equivalent of a month's rain in a week
Monday and Thursday, from violent storms erupted in the country of Caux (48mm in Le Havre). In Dieppe, over the last 6 days, it fell 70 mm of water. Greater than 15mm of water slides were recorded on 10, 11, 13 and 14 August. With all these clouds and the rain, we are far from the sun and 38.3 ° C on July 1 Dieppe (absolute record heat).
MAP: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varengeville-sur-Mer
http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/landslides-displace-250-families/
More than 250 families of Dauda and Toleni VDCs were displaced due to landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in Doti on Monday night.
Some of the victims have taken shelter with their kin, some have been residing near forest areas whereas others have relocated themselves in the plains.
As the landslides posed a serious threat, the locals started to desert their settlements from Tuesday. More than eight settlements of the VDCs were abandoned due to high risk of disaster.
Ward nos 1, 2 and 3 of Dauda VDC and wards 4,5, 8 and 9 of Toleni VDC have been hit the worst, said Lal Bahadur Bogati, Daud VDC Secretary.
A rescue team has relocated the worst affected 32 families of Dauda VDC and 25 families of Toleni VDC so far.
Police Inspector Bodh Raj Ojha, who was deployed to relocate the families, said that the victims were relocated in schools, community buildings and buildings of government offices and other individuals’ houses in the first phase.
At least six persons, including five members of a single family were swept away in the landslip in Dauda on Monday night, whereas three others sustained injuries. At least three hydroelectric projects and a suspension bridge were damaged due to the landslips caused by heavy shower in the district. A large cultivated area was turned into desert as the disaster swept away the crops. Dozens of houses have been damaged and roads in several places have been blocked.
http://strangesounds.org/2015/08/another-giant-crack-opened-up-mexi...
Photo of the giant crack forming in the district of Oaxaca, MexicoThe huge trench appeared after a strong landslide on a road between San Mateo Tunuchi and San Francisco Higos in the district of Oaxaca on August 11, 2015.
At least 10 families live in the secluded area. The State Coordination of Civil Protection of Oaxaca (CEPCO) will determine whether or not residents have to be evacuated.
In September 2011, the population of Santiago and Santa Cruz Mitlatongo had to be relocated due to a similar landslide caused by water accumulation.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/peoplesdaily/article-3194874/Massiv...
Forty people are believed to be missing following a landslide in central China.
Over a million tonnes of mud and rock inundated the living quarters of a mining company in Shaanxi province at 12.30am local time today, reported the People's Daily Online.
Four workers have been rescued and rushed to hospital for treatment.
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Forty people are believed to be missing following a massive landslide in Shaanxi province, central China
The living quarters of a mining company were left completely buried. Four people have been rescued so far
The landslide hit at 12.30am local time today in Shanyang County. The region has seen heavy rainfall as the remnants of Typhoon Soudelor sweep through the country
Rescue workers and paramedics were rushed to the scene shortly after the landslide and local residents have been evacuated from the area.
The extensive search and rescue operation is still on-going, but efforts have been hampered by bad weather.
Earlier today, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for an all-out rescue effort to find those who are still missing.
COCONINO COUNTY, Ariz. – A portion of highway 89-A in Coconino County, Arizona, is completely shut down Sunday due to a landslide that occurred Sunday afternoon due to heavy storms.
Heavy storms cause mud and rock slide in Coconino County, Arizona, Aug. 9, 2015 | Photo courtesy of Arizona Department of Transportation, St. George News
Highway 89-A is closed between Jacob Lake, Arizona, and Bitter Springs, Arizona, in the House Rock Valley area, west of Marble Canyon.
The road will remain closed until the slide area has been cleared. An estimated time for the road’s reopening is not available as this report is published.
Anyone needing to travel through the area, such as to Flagstaff, Arizona, must detour through Kanab and Page, Arizona, on Highway 89 and over the mountain slope south of Page to Bitter Springs.
According to initial reports from Arizona Department of Transportation workers, there may also be a second landslide in this area due to the rain.
Source: http://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2015/08/09/ccj-89-a-slide-...
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Dramatic footage has emerged from China of a huge landslide onto a provincial road - triggered by heavy rainfall.
The video, captured on a main road in Qinghai Province, shows a small amount of earth crashing down onto the road before the entire slope collapses, showering rocks and dust.
The road is covered in rocks as the landslide crashes down (Newsflare / China-Live)
According to local reports the road had already been closed after some loose pieces of rock fell onto it - with the main landslide injuring nobody.
The clearance and repairs to the roadway took twenty hours.
Huge chunks of rock fall onto the road (Newsflare / China-Live)
Watch the moment it was caught on camera as the landslide crashes onto the road.
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11783070/Huge-...
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