Landslides

[Robyn Appleton]

"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. "

ZetaTalk Chat Q&A: March 22, 2014

[jorge namour]

- March 29, 2016 - 10:40

Two buses in Pakistan were "trapped" by a landslide characterized by the presence of large rocks

http://www.meteoweb.eu/2016/03/pioggia-di-rocce-in-pakistan-autobus...

https://translate.google.com.ar/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=y&...

Here is a great video and terrifying at the same time: two buses were "trapped" by
a landslide characterized by large boulders on the Karakorum Highway in Pakistan

On the way down the rocks acquire great speed, bouncing in a particularly hazardous.

Fortunately, despite the fear above all the occupants, there were no reported injuries.

[Howard]

Multiple Landslides in Northern India and Pakistan (Mar 22)

A rash of landslides have hit northern India and Pakistan in the past few days resulting in a surprisingly high number of fatalities.

1. Susam, Chitral, Pakistan

A mudslide triggered by heavy rainfall killed eight ninth grade students returning from exams.  Some reports have suggested 9 or 11 fatalities, and there is some confusion over whether this might have been an avalanche. More than a week of rains across northern Pakistan and other parts of the country has caused 79 deaths and at least 100 injuries in mudslides and house collapses.

2. Ramsu area of Ramban district, Jammu and Kashmi, India

Five people died, and three were injured, when a taxi was knocked off the road and into a river by a rockfall.

3. Multiple landslides on the Jammu-Srinigar highway

Reports indicate that the road between Jammu and Srinigar was closed by landslides at Sher Bibi, Panthyal, Battery Chashma, Marog and Anokhi Fall, trapping more than a thousand vehicles.

4. Multiple landslides on the Doda-Batote highway

A massive landslide at the Raggi Nullah blocked the sole highway linking these twin districts.  Reports suggest hundreds of vehicles were trapped.

5. A rockfall at Sarli Sacha Sharqi village

Five people, including four children, were killed when a boulder flattened a house in Sarli Sacha Sharqi village, in Pakistan’s Azad Jammu and Kashmir, late on Friday night. One child survived.

6. A landslide at Ochar Mohalla in Bagh District

A couple were killed by a landslide at Ochar Mohalla on the outskirts of Bagh City. A child survived the landslide.

7. Multiple landslides in Murree in Pakistan

Reports suggest that the Murree area of Pakistan has also been very badly affected by landslides.  Dawn reports that “Almost half the village of Graan-Ghoe was destroyed when a landslide damaged 30 homes, and the residents have no other choice but to wait out the rain under the open sky.  Houses were also destroyed in Potha, Sehana, Phagwari, Aloit, Sehrbagla, Masot, Dewal and Phaphril among other villages, where roads and other infrastructure worth billions of rupees was also damaged.”

8. A fatal landslide at Jaglote in Gilgit

A woman was killed in a fatal landslide at Jaglote.  Pamir Times reports that: “huge boulders fell from a nearby mountain hitting several houses and cattle sheds. As a result a woman was killed. Around a dozen sheep, goats and cows, other cattle, were also killed. Three houses were damaged.”

Source

http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2016/03/22/multiple-landslides-1/

[KM]

http://gbtimes.com/china/massive-landslide-caught-camera-central-china

Massive landslide caught on camera in central China

 

A massive landslide was captured on camera on March 18 as it buried a highway in Anhua County, located in central China’s Hunan Province. Despite its scale, no casualties or vehicle damage have been reported.
 
Chinese state media CCTV speculate that a heavy rainstorm on Thursday night contributed to the minute-long landslide, which hit the G536 Expressway at around 9:10am.
 
Speaking on behalf of her father who shot the video, the woman surnamed Zou told CCTV that drivers had stopped after noticing stones and other debris falling quickly down the hillside.
 
Chen Liping, an Anhua County highway bureau official, was quoted as saying that a clear-up operation would begin immediately and the highway would be back open by the end of the following day.
 
With mountains and hills making up more than 80 percent of Hunan Province, the region is no stranger to landslides. In July 2014, five people were killed and over 1,300 homes were destroyed after torrential rains triggered a number of major landslides across the province.

[Howard]

Washington Neighborhood at Risk of Massive Landslide (Mar 18)

Chelan County Emergency management officials say a neighborhood near Wenatchee is at risk of a massive landslide at any moment.

Huge cracks are developing in the ground in a neighborhood near the Mission Ridge Ski Area. Water and power have been shut off to the Whispering Ridge Neighborhood.

Neighbors in the area have been asked to evacuate as the ground continues to shift and officials try to figure what has caused the potentially deadly disaster.

In the last week, the shifting ground has damaged the water line more than once. The county didn't think it was safe to put heavy machinery in the area to fix the line, so the water is shut off.

Neighbors who live in Whispering Ridge are so concerned they fear an "Oso-like catastrophic landslide".

Just above Wenatchee, the Whispering Ridge neighborhood provides a mountain top perspective. It's why Elliott Nelson and his wife built their retirement home there.

"It's gorgeous," Nelson said. "It's very quite here. It's very relaxing."

Bur for some time Nelson has been watching his neighborhood split in two.

"Every day that I went down the driveway I saw it getting worse," he said.

Chelan County EMA says unstable soil in the area caused a water main to rupture. It was repaired, but ruptured again on Wednesday. Crews determined the shifting land made it unsafe to fix.

"It's very unstable," said Rich Magnussen with Chelan County EMA. "We have significant ground movement in the area."

A geotechnical company has been hired to study the area and what they've found has forced the county to warn and evacuate the neighborhood.

"Our biggest concern is life safety, " Magnussen said. "We don't want anyone to get hurt or have any fatalities on this."

Residents in 26 houses have been advised to leave. Roughly a dozen could take a direct hit from what has been described as a "potential massive landslide." Two homes have already been declared unsafe to live in.

On Thursday, a home with elderly residents was evacuated. But Nelson is one of a few residents who decided to stay.

"There's no place that you are safe from anything," he said.

Officials say so far Nelson's land is not moving. Experts say the hillside could give way with little or no notice.

Sources

http://komonews.com/news/local/officials-chelan-county-neighborhood...

http://www.kiro7.com/news/risk-of-catastrophic-landslide-forces-eva...

http://mynorthwest.com/11/2936227/Risk-of-catastrophic-landslide-fo...

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-3500386/Milan-San-Remo-cyc...

Milan-San Remo cycling race rerouted after massive landslide near Genoa

• Landslide forces Milan-San Remo race to be extended by four kilometres
• Several cars were wrecked by falling rocks near the town of Arenzano
• Frenchman Arnaud Demare eventually triumphed, with Ben Swift second 

Published: 11:48 EST, 19 March 2016 | Updated: 11:51 EST, 19 March 2016

A massive landslide caused the Milan-San Remo race to be re-routed on Saturday.

The first of the five so-called monument races was diverted between Genova Voltri and Arenzano, taking the peloton on to the A10 autostrada and adding four kilometres to the original 291km distance.

The landslide crushed several cars, leaving rocks and wreckage strewn across the road which was originally meant to host the race. 

[Mark]

Road to nowhere: Dramatic moment enormous landslide blocks a motorway in China

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3498671/Road-Dramatic-momen...

The huge landslide blocked a national motorway in Hunan Province, China
Earth and poured onto the road, sending up clouds of dust
A queue of cars were forced to turn around but no one was injured

Imagine you're driving along a road one minute... and the next it's gone.
Motorists in China experienced this today when a major landslide blocked a national motorway.
Dramatic footage filmed in Yiyang, Hunan Province today, shows masses of clay and sand flowing down from a slope to block the road.

A queue of cars line the road as an avalanche of earth pours onto the highway.
Clouds of dust fill the air as the landslide covers the road.
Trees too slide by - almost comically - before toppling forward as the mass of earth slowly comes to a halt.
Faced with no other option the cars begin to turn around as the clip ends

[Mark]

Massive landslide destroys road leading to Belaga

http://www.theborneopost.com/2016/03/15/massive-landslide-destroys-...

MALAYSIA: The town of Belaga is now totally cut off due to a massive landslide in several areas along the 37km Mejawah-Belaga Road.

The landslide has decimated the road some 15km from the town, effectively cutting off any motorists from using it.

According to Belaga assemblyman Liwan Lagang, the landslide occurred on Monday night and continued until Tuesday morning due to heavy downpour in the area over the past 24 hours.

“I am seeking immediate assistance from all the relevant authorities especially from JKR to assist in the diversion works of the affected areas as soon as possible as Belaga Town now is totally cut off from the outside world,” Liwan told The Borneo Post today (March 15).

He added that he has sent a letter to Infrastructure Development and Communications Minister Dato Sri Michael Manyin for immediate assistance and a copy of the letter has been sent to the chief minister’s office.

Liwan said an estimated 18,000 people especially those residing in Belaga Town are now affected by the landslide.

The video below uploaded to the Fire and Rescue Department’s Operations Centre Facebook page shows the road leading to Belaga crumbling away.

[KM]

http://strangesounds.org/2016/03/road-collapses-northern-california...

And suddenly the road collapsed in California.

A section of the 3rd highway between the settlements of Trinity Center and Coffee Creek (Trinity County) disappeared after the heavy rains that softened the ground on March 15, 2016.

Well too bad for those using the street. They will have to drive a 200-mile detour.

But if you have a four-wheel drive vehicle you can use the icy Trinity Mountain Road.

This will take up to eight weeks for traffic flow to be restored on State Route 3, with complete repair taking up to three months.

[Mark]

Landslide blocks Batote - Kishtwar highway

http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/chenab-valley/landslide-blocks-b...

INDIA  The Batote- Kishtwar Highway, connecting twin districts of Doda and Kishtwar with rest of the state, was closed again on Sunday morning when a huge landslide blocked the road at Ragi-Nullah - 21 km from Doda.

After remaining closed for 18 hours due to landslide and shooting stones at half-a-dozen places, the road was opened for traffic yesterday afternoon.

Today morning, a massive landslide and a huge boulder blocked the road near Ragi-Nullah on Batote-Doda stretch.

More than 150 passenger vehicles and those carrying essential commodities were stranded on both sides of the highway.

“The machines have reached the spot but the boulder can be removed only after blasting it," said SSP Doda Zahid Naseem Manhas.

“Shooting stones and torrential rains are hampering the restoration work but hopefully the road will be cleared by today afternoon,” he said.

[Howard]

Care Home Perched On Precarious Cliff After Landslide (Mar 10)

A massive landslide has left a brand new care home teetering on the edge of a steep cliff with several of the rooms there rendered uninhabitable.

The Cheval Roc Residential Home in Jersey opened to residents just last week, but already faces an uncertain future following the cliff collapse.

Elderly residents at the Cheval Roc Residential Home on Jersey woke up to the terrifying scene on Thursday last week, just days after they moved in.

Tonnes of land and mud was swept away as the northern shore of the island was hit by heavy rain and 75mph winds.

Ten pensioners who moved in to the property - which opened as a care home last week after previously being used as a hotel - will remain in their new residence for the time being.

Source

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/12193690/Crumbling-cliff-lea...