Landslides

"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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Comment by Andrey Eroshin on October 20, 2014 at 6:13pm: 14.10.14. Landslide in Ocotepeque, Honduras

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Comment by Derrick Johnson on October 20, 2014 at 8:38am

8 dead, 13 missing in Japan landslide

Monday, 20 October 2014 - 9:19am IST | Place: TOKYO | Agency: PTI

Eight people died and at least 13 were missing after rain-sodden hills in the outskirts of Hiroshima gave way early today in at least five landslides.

Video footage from the national broadcaster NHK showed suburban homes in the western Japanese city surrounded by streams of mud and debris, and residents picking their way over piles of rocks and dirt.

Rescue workers suspended by ropes from police helicopters were pulling victims from the rubble as they searched homes stranded amid piles of lumber from crushed houses.

Authorities issued warnings for possible further landslides and flooding due to unstable weather conditions.

Landslides are a constant risk in mountainous, crowded Japan, where many homes are built on or near steep slopes. Torrential rains in the early morning apparently caused slopes to collapse.

Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-8-dead-13-missing-in-japan-lan...

Comment by Andrey Eroshin on October 13, 2014 at 10:36am: 11.10.14. Landslides on volcano Concepción, Altagracia, Rivas, Nicaragua

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Comment by Derrick Johnson on October 12, 2014 at 6:04am: 19 Road Workers Killed in Landslide in China, Two Injured

MOSCOW, October 11 (RIA Novosti) - At least 19 people were killed and two injured as a result of a landslide which occurred at a highway construction site in the city of Yan’an in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province Friday night, China Central Television reported.

Rescue workers told the Chinese media that the landslide, which occurred at 9:12 pm, buried 21 construction workers who were resting in eight makeshift boarding houses. Nine of the workers are said to have been killed instantly, ten more died in hospital, and two have been hospitalized and are undergoing treatment, Xinhua News Agency reported.

The workers were working on a project to connect Huangling City with Ya’an.

Local authorities are said to have undertaken precautionary measures, including a geological survey of the area, to avert further disasters, Xinhua said.

Landslides are common in Shaanxi Province. The province is part of the Loess Plateau, which is known for its sandy, erosion-prone soil, and susceptible to the forces of wind and water. This danger is further complicated by recent development projects in the area, including road construction and deforestation, which have only increased the risks in built up areas.

Source: http://en.ria.ru/world/20141011/193950386/19-Road-Workers-Killed-La...

Comment by Derrick Johnson on October 9, 2014 at 7:14am: Landslide kills 6 in northern Colombia

Oct 8, 2014 posted by Joel Gillin

Days after a lightning bolt killed eleven tribal leaders in Colombia’s northern Sierra Nevada mountain range, a landslide killed five children and a mother in the same area on Tuesday.

Regional authorities are coordinating with the country’s Ombudsman and relief agencies to bring aid to the approximately 125 families that live in the community affected by the landslide.

A commander from the army’s First Division confirmed that the landslide had buried a house in the indigenous community, killing the 6 victims.

The news comes just days after another tragedy befell an indigenous community in the same mountain range when lightening stuck a group of leaders meeting in a field, killing 11.

Source: http://colombiareports.co/landslide-slide-kills-6-indigenous-in-nor...

Comment by Andrey Eroshin on October 7, 2014 at 10:02am: 27.09.14. Rock collapse in San Vicente de Chucurí - Santander, Colombia

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Comment by Derrick Johnson on October 6, 2014 at 5:55am: Massive landslide blocks Guwahati-Shillong highway

A massive landslide that occurred today evening at Umling, about 43 kms from Guwahati on National Highway 40 that connects the Assam capital with Shillong, has brought traffic to a standstill, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded on both sides for several kilometres.

Ri Bhoi district deputy SP (Traffic) Rymphang Pde said the landslide occurred at around 5:45 PM today, with passengers of several vehicles including a couple of small cars having a providential escape from the jaws of death. “It will hopefully take another three to four hours to clear the debris,” the dy SP said, indicating it will be not before midnight that the road would be cleared.

Hafl-a-dozen bulldozers have been pressed into service to clear the landslide on NH40, which is not only the only link between the capital cities of Assam and Meghalaya located 100 kms apart, but also vial lifeline for Tripura, Mizoram and the Barak Valley of southern Assam.

With earth-cutting taking place in a big way owing to widening of the original highway into a four-lane road in the last few years, the Guwahati-Shillong Road, as it is known, has experienced several smaller landslides in the past two weeks. Landslides had killed at least 18 people in Meghalaya in the past fortnight, eight of them including a pregnant woman in the heart of Shillong.

Source: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/massive-landsli...

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Comment by Andrey Eroshin on October 2, 2014 at 10:43am: 24.09.14. A total of 36 people were injured after a landslide in the sector Chimirol, Costa Rica

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Comment by Derrick Johnson on September 26, 2014 at 7:34am: Landslide destroys Starrigavan restoration projects

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW
September 24, 2014 8:37 pm

The main area of the slide encompasses an area of roughly 100 acres. (USFS photo)

High rainfall this month is being blamed for a major landslide near Sitka. The US Forest Service reports that a 100-acre slide came down in the Starrigavan Valley, about ten miles from town. Although there was no structural damage in the event, hundreds of thousands of dollars of watershed restoration projects in the valley have been wiped out. The slide, and water damage to an ATV trail in the valley and other hiking trails elsewhere in Sitka — all add up to a tough month for the agency.

The scale of the Starrigavan slide has unfolded slowly. A Fish & Game biologist was in the area — apparently the morning after the slide — on Friday, September 19, and noticed that Starrigavan Creek had been diverted onto the old logging road that is now being used as an all-terrain vehicle trail.

Marty Becker is the watershed program coordinator for the Sitka Ranger District. He and other staff went to check on the problem Monday morning.

“It wasn’t until we actually climbed through the front of the slide that we saw the magnitude of it.”

Read the USFS Preliminary report on the Starrigavan Landslide here.

There was not one slide, but three. Two smaller slides across the both the north and south forks of Starrigavan Creek…

“And then one main slide that came down off the north-facing slope. Came down and ran about a third of a mile down the main channel, and ended up at the log stringer bridge, which hung up the main slide.”

Becker estimates the area of main slide to be in the neighborhood of 100 acres, starting in the old growth timber high on the valley slope and running down through the second growth to the valley floor.

Becker says the Sitka district hasn’t seen a cluster of slides like this since the mid-1990s, in Nakwasina Sound and the Katlian area, which he says are more dynamic systems. The Starrigavan slide, Becker says, is “pretty extraordinary.”

On the Herring Cove Trail

“Boy those freaky events keep us on our toes…”

Source: http://www.kcaw.org/2014/09/24/landslide-destroys-starrigavan-resto...

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