Massive Landslide Causes Tsunami in SW China (Jun 24)

A substantial landslide triggered local tsunami waves causing 13 vessels to sink.on the Daning River, a tributary of the Yangtze, in Wushan County, Chongqing.

One person is missing and four sustained injuries after the landslide on Wednesday evening at 6:40 p.m.

An initial check showed all people onboard the anchored ships had gone ashore before the landslide.

However, one person, who was on the bank, is unaccounted for and four others were injured, one of whom is in a critical condition, an official with the Yangtze River Navigational Affairs Administration said.

The site of the landslide is only 110 km upstream of the Three Gorges Dam.

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Mechi highway obstructed by landslide

• Roads in Dolakha & Sindhupalchowk at high risk

ILAM, JUL 01 - Incessant rainfall since last night has triggered landslides along various locations of the Mechi highway.

As a result traffic has been obstructed. Landslip in five locations in the Harkate-Kiteni section of the highway has stopped the road for traffic since this morning, according to Area Police office in Pashupatinagar. It will take some time before the debris is cleared and the road opened for traffic, said police inspector Padam Thapaliya.

Meanwhile, hundreds of travelers on their way to Ilam from Jhapa and vice-versa have been left stranded. Many roads in Dolakha and Sindhupalchowk are reported to be at risk of being blocked or swept away by landslides triggered by incessant rainfall since the past few days.

The 55-kilometer road section of the Araniko highway leading to Kodari from Bandeu of Sindhupalchowk is at high risk of landslip, the Division Road Office in Dolakha has said.

Hills above the road had suffered cracks in the earthquake and there is likelihood of severe landslide, said chief of the Office Kamlesh Kumar Karna. There is also risk of indundation by the Bhotekoshi river, he said.

The 92-kilometer-long Pushpa Lal highway from Lamosanghu of Sindhupalchowk to Miltikhola of Dolakha is also in danger of being blocked by landslide. Road sections in Bocha, Charnawati and Sakhine and in Bhirkot are at risk of landslide, said engineer at the Office Subaraj Neupane.RSS 

Source: http://www.ekantipur.com/2015/07/01/top-story/mechi-highway-obstruc... 

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India landslides kill 38 in Darjeeling

Officials blamed the landslide on incessant rains in the area for the past couple of days

Landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 38 people in India's tea-growing region of Darjeeling, police say.

Rescuers were digging through debris looking for survivors after landslides struck homes in Mirik, Kalimpong and Darjeeling towns in West Bengal state, officials said.

More people are feared trapped under mounds of mud and debris.

Roads and communication links have been extensively damaged, officials said.

Incessant rains in the area for the past couple of days caused the landslide, district magistrate Anurag Srivastava told the BBC's Amitabha Bhattasali.

Thousands of tourists are now stuck in the picturesque hilly area, our correspondent adds.

The landslides have brought down a number of homes on the slopes of the hills, news agency AFP quoted senior state police official Anuj Sharma as saying.

Darjeeling district, which attracts thousands of tourists every year, is about 600km (372 miles) north of the state capital, Kolkata (Calcutta).

Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-33341630 

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ISERE / HIGH-ALPS: the mountain began to collapse in the lake Chambon
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with our correspondent in Isère Serge Pueyo | 04 Jul 2015

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Saturday the regular departures of several hundred m3 were recorded in early evening

Mizoën (Isère) yesterday. A section of this mountain will collapse into the lake, which could cause a wave of 20 m on the water.

That's it, the mountain began to crumble Saturday night around 8:45 p.m. in the lake Chambon. According to witnesses on site, a slope is currently fracture.

n the afternoon, at 16:25, the siren sounded to announce that hundreds of thousands of cubic meters of rock must soon fall into the lake.

A fall that could trigger a wave of 20 meters high.

On 10 April, the authorities find disturbing cracks on the roof of the tunnel Chambon in Mizoën (Isère) in the Massif de l'Oisans. This is the result of a landslide over on a slope of the mountain. The tunnel and the 1091 county road, which connects Grenoble to Briançon, are closed. Tourism professionals from the Grave Valley saw their sales collapse. Residents must walk almost an hour on a trail or take boats in place of the lake to be able to work on the other side of the tunnel. On June 23, the experts note that the landslide accelerates dangerously. The work is then stopped in the tunnel.

hursday new alert. Geologists announce that the collapse of an area 280 m long, 100 m wide and 25 m thick, on a slope of 50 degrees, is Friday, Saturday or Sunday. These are 100 000 to 800 000 m 3 which will slide into the lake Chambon. No harm to the population because the banks are not urbanized.

The wave should not damage the dam

In the village of Freney-d'Oisans, under the dam, residents are worried, "he The dam will withstand this wave. If he gives in, we're all dead " , assures Isabelle. Officials of EDF want to be reassuring: "The sliding axis opposed to the dam. The wave will head to the opposite shore. At the dam, it is expected a wave of only 3 to 4 m, which will not damage the book. 35 m currently separate the current level of the water and the dam crest, "explains Stéphane Toletti, director of the hydraulic group Ecrins-Vercors.

Since Friday, police patrols crisscross the area to prohibit hikers, fishermen and curious, access to banks. CONTINUE...

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ISERE / HIGH-ALPS Chambon lake: part of the land broke away from the mountain JULY 5 2015

The massive collapse of the mountain has not yet occurred but regular departures of several hundred m3 have already occurred since Saturday ...

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Lac du Chambon is a lake in Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France. At an elevation of 1040 m, its surface area is 1.4 km².

Nepal Quakes Trigger 5,600 Landslides (Jun 19)

Approximately 5,600 landslides have resulted from the 25 April Gorkha and 12 May Dolakha earthquakes, as well as reactivations of landslides present before these earthquakes occurred.

Landsliding is limited to a zone that runs east-west, approximately parallel to the transition between the Lesser and High Himalaya. This zone includes parts of the districts of Gorkha, Dhading, Nuwakot, Rasuwa, Sindhupalchok, Dolakha, Ramechhap, and Khavre.

There have also been numerous reports of cracked ground in the affected areas.

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UPDATE: WV 82 remains closed for emergency cleanup of landslide

Posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 3:24 pm

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Red alert as Varunavat Mountain splits, landslides feared

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Uttarkashi: Indira Colony and Jansu residents in India`s Uttarkashi region are expecting a landslide in the wake of the Varunavat Mountain developing a 25-meter-long and 4-5 -inch wide crack.

Houses situated at the foot of the mountain are specially under high risk.

District Magistrate Indudhar Bodai said he is aware of the situation and has issued orders to block the road in front of the Tamba Khani tunnel.A few cracks have also reportedly occurred on stairs constructed for treatment of the mountain.

A report for the same has been sent to the administration, following which two teams of geo-scientists have been deployed for surveying the damage at the spot, and to recommend appropriate solutions.

Two killed in landslide on Mumbai-Pune Expressway

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/landslip-on-mumbaipune-e...

Two persons were killed and two others seriously injured when the cars they were travelling in were hit by a landslide on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway at noon on Sunday, the expressway control room said.

The incident took place near the Adoshi tunnel at Khopoli in Raigad district. The two injured women were rushed to the Lokmanya Hospital in Pune.

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This small unnamed lake, shown in this undated University of Alberta handout photo, in the Northwest Territories is expected to burst through the rapidly shrinking land holding it in over the next few months and plunge 200 metres into the Mackenzie Valley.

Some time in the next few months, a small northern lake will burst through the shrinking earthen rampart holding it back and fall off a cliff.

"It's got a ways to travel," says Steve Kokelj of the Northwest Territories Geological Survey. "This lake happens to be perched about 600 feet above the Mackenzie Valley."

It will be spectacular, but it won't be unique. Melting permafrost caused by climate change is causing changes in the northern landscape on a scale not seen since the end of the last ice age, says Kokelj.

"It's changing the form of the landscape in ways that have not impacted this environment in the last several hundreds of thousands of years."

The doomed lake, which has no name and sits in the northern corner of the territory near the community of Fort McPherson, is a victim of the region's geology and changing climate.

Permafrost in this part of the N.W.T. contains a high percentage of ice in headwalls, which can be up to 30 metres thick. That ice has been there since the retreat of the Laurentide Ice Sheet 20,000 years ago.

From earthquakes to landslides and potential floods in Nepal

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For Nepal, the hits just keep coming.

It started with a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in April, which led to aftershocks that are ongoing even now. All of the shaking triggered what are estimated to be more than 5,000 landslides, frequently with devastating consequences, and now material from these landslides is filling up riverbeds with sediment.

With the advent of the monsoon season — during which more than 40 inches of rain can be expected to drench Nepal from June through September — these rivers are at risk of becoming choked with landslide-derived sediment, potentially flooding low-lying areas and washing away pieces of the nation’s already hard-hit infrastructure.

“A lot of people live in the mountains in a country like Nepal, and much of their economy depends on mountain tourism. If persistent flooding makes it hard to rebuild key infrastructure, that could really challenge the country,” said Joshua West, assistant professor of earth sciences at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, who traveled to Nepal in June to conduct an assessment of the condition of the rivers and landslides before the rains began.

He already happened to be in the region studying the effects of the 2008 Wenchuan quake, a 7.9 temblor that wracked China’s Sichuan Province and left nearly 70,000 dead. The subsequent landslides killed dozens, and their effects continue to plague the region.

2 die in Cox's Bazar landslip

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A landslide, caused by heavy rains, in Cox’s Bazar early on Monday has left at least two people dead. Two others were rescued but three others were still missing after the landslide hit the South Baharchhara area of Cox's Bazar around 2am, officials said. The fire service and army are conducting rescue operation at South Baharchhara. Cox’s Bazar Fire Service Operation Officer Abdul Majid said that the huge chunks of earth buried four houses at the bottom of the hill. Two bodies were recovered while two were rescued alive until now, he said, according to bdnews24.com.

Japanese Mountainside Collapses in Epic Landslide (Jul 28)

The unbelievable moment an entire side of a mountain came crashing down in an epic landslide has been recorded by Japanese broadcaster NTV.

Cameras were rolling Tuesday in Kagoshima Prefecture as the third landslide in a month forced residents of the small, nearby town of Tarumizu to run for their lives.

Footage also showed a river of mud surge its way through town but no injuries or fatalities were reported.

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http://globalnews.ca/news/2137543/cameras-rolling-as-japanese-mount...

Huge cliff landslide on road in China

Watch the moment a cliff collapses as huge chunks of rock fall onto a road in China

Landslide shuts down Highway 89-A; alternate route

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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Massive landslide leaves 40 people trapped under more than a million tonnes of earth following torrential rain in China

• Landslide hit Shaanxi province at 12.30am local time today  
• Four people have been rescued, but many more are still missing
• Living quarters of mining company were left buried under the earth
• Rescue is on-going but efforts have been hampered by heavy rain

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.

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Another giant crack just opened up in Mexico

There is another giant crack that is opening right now in Mexico!

The crack is about 1 kilometer long and up to 1 meter wide and was supposedly created by a large landslide.

Photo of the giant crack forming in the district of Oaxaca, Mexico

The 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.

Landslides displace 250 families

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.

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.

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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).

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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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Mappleton beach cliff landslip starts after crack appears

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

3 people missing after several landslides in Alaska

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.

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Landslide damages 40 houses in Kathua

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As many as 40 houses and a government school building were damaged in a landslide at Morha-Chuhara village in Billawar tehsil of Kathua district, following which Congress today demanded that the state government ensures early rehabilitation of the affected people.

"We demand that the government pay compensation to the affected families at par the amount paid in Srinagar, and immediately provide tents, ration and all possible medical help to the landslide-hit people of Morha-Chuhara village in Billawar tehsil," J&K State Congress General Secretary and Former Minister Manohar Lal Sharma said today.

He hit out at the state government and BJP ministers including Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh and Health Minister Lal Singh -- both of whom belong to Kathua district, alleging that they had failed to come to their help.

The landslide hit Morha-Chuhara village and Panchayat Uchha Pind in Tehsil Ramkot of Billawar Sub Division in Kathua district yesterday.

As many as 40 houses and one government school building were damaged, Sharma said.

Meanwhile, the residents today blocked Dhar road for three-and-a- half hours at Poungran protesting against the apathy of the local administration and the state government.

Eleven homes evacuated after landslide in Llantrisant, Wales

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-34037503

Eleven homes had to be evacuated following a landslide in Rhondda Cynon Taff.
The slip happened on Heol Y Beiliau in Llantrisant at about 18:10 BST on Sunday.
Head of control at South Wales Fire and Rescue Service, Jennie Griffiths, tweeted that debris was "falling into homes and placing pressure on them".
The council said the suspected cause was the collapse of a retaining wall at one of the properties.
Emergency planning and building control officers remained at the scene on Monday morning.
Rhondda Cynon Taf council leader Andrew Morgan said: "As a precautionary measure, emergency services evacuated a number of homes last night, with the residents moving in with friends and family.
"These households have not yet returned to their addresses and council emergency planning officers are meeting with those affected.
"A council structural engineer is also on site to assess the situation."

Massive Rock Collapse in French Alps (Aug 27)

The southeast face of the Tour Ronde suffered two significant landslides on Thursday.

The first rockfall took place at around 8:30am, a second one just over an hour later on the spur a bit to the right of the Normal Route up Tour Ronde.

The Tour Ronde is a massif the Mont Blanc region of the Alps, on the border between France and Italy.

Luckily, no one was killed or injured in the rockfalls.

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Dorset cliff collapses on to beach – video

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A cliff in Dorset crumbles in dramatic fashion on to the beach below. Fisherman Sam Haskins, 24, caught the moment on camera, near Westcliff in Portland, Dorset, on Wednesday. There had been numerous reports of the footpath breaking up, so he’d taken a walk to see for himself. Local authorities had blocked the footpath to restrict public access, but Haskins was able to film from a safe distance

Cliff landslide sees 17 houses cut off in Kerry

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/cliff-landslide-sees-17-houses...

Seventeen houses are effectively cut off and have no vehicle access following the landslide which saw serious road slippage on the cliffside in the cul-de-sac.

County council area engineers and local councillors were at the scene on what is known as “the Cliff Road” — on a hillside overlooking the Blue Flag beach of Rossbeigh strand and Dingle Bay.

In a statement, the council said while the road had to be closed for safety reasons, it would do all it could to facilitate pedestrians.
An application for emergency funding is being submitted to the Department of Transport, Tourism, and Sport to help provide an alternative access.

The houses, a mix of residential and holiday homes, have been sounding warning bells for some time about the threat of erosion from waves at the base of the cliff, winds, and frost. The road was already vulnerable and had slipped in the storms of 2014.

Heavy rainfall over the weekend saw the Cliff Road slip a further 3.6m on Tuesday, making it impossible for vehicular access.

Local councillor Michael Cahill said the people were effectively cut off and could only reach their houses on foot.

He said he had called on the Office of Public Works for some years to address the issue of erosion, but he said he felt his calls had not been taken seriously.

“The situation has gone from bad to worse. I am calling on Minister Simon Harris to provide proper funding for coastal protection,” Mr Cahill said.

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Dozens rescued in B.C. landslides

http://www.cbc.ca/news/dozens-rescued-in-b-c-landslides-1.3238352

Residents of Birken, north of Pemberton, B.C., where a mudslide took place Sunday, have been put on evacuation alert as renewed heavy rains threaten the safety of their homes.

The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District issued the evacuation alert for 38 properties Thursday, noting that "following the mudslide, and in light of the rainfall predicted, the risk of debris and flooding in the vicinity of Birken presents a potential danger to life, safety and property."

A mudslide caused by heavy rains closed off several roads throughout the Sea-to-Sky region on Sunday.

In Lillooet, 50 campers were airlifted out to Pemberton. Closer to Squamish, seven people were airlifted on Sunday and another 28 were able to drive out on Monday when a back road was cleared for them to pass.

Nearby resident Michelle Molnar, who lives in the Birken neighbourhood, said she could hear the landslide a kilometre from her home.

"You could hear it rumbling at the top — it would come down, snake through the little drench that it built and end up taking out trees and big boulders. Super loud," said Molnar.

Fatal landslip hits Guatemala

http://www.euronews.com/2015/10/02/fatal-landslip-hits-guatemala/

At least seven people have been killed after a rain-soaked hillside collapsed on a neighborhood on the outskirts of Guatemala’s capital.

WATCH: landslide sees "hundreds of tons" fall onto North Devon beach as safety warning issued

http://www.northdevonjournal.co.uk/8203-WATCH-landslide-sees-hundre...

DRAMATIC video and pictures show a landslide of "hundreds of thousands of tons" at cliffs in Lynmouth as the coastguard warns people to stay away.

Sunday morning saw the landslide on the cliffs at Sillery Sands which Lynmouth Coastguard Search and Rescue said "swamped probably an eighth of the beach".

A statement from the Coastguard warned people to stay away.

It said: "The Cliff at Sillery remains very unstable, Sunday morning saw a landslide of hundreds of thousands of tons which has swamped probably an eighth of the beach, this not a safe place to be.

NZ: Sudden landslip still moving

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A massive drop-out on State Highway 4 happened so quickly it was lucky no vehicles were swept away by it, says Higgins worker Paul Seconi.

It's his job to guard the ever-expanding drop-out that has closed a lane of the highway just south of Upokongaro.

Mr Seconi said the slip opened up a couple of weeks ago and began as a small crack in the road.

"A truckie noticed a crack in the road about 5am and by 9am this side of the road had gone," Mr Seconi said.

Higgins staff were keeping a round-the-clock watch on the drop-out as it was still moving.

As well, large cracks were appearing in the road near the drop-out.

Mr Seconi said if the drop-out ate further into the road, both lanes would have to close.

The drop-out was most likely caused by weakening of the land due to underground water that came down from nearby hills during floods in June.

Next week construction will begin on a temporary stretch of road, about 100m long, that will be made in farmland next to the road. That would help keep traffic away from the drop-out.

"The farmer will lose a bit of his paddock, but it's only temporary and he'll get it back," Mr Seconi said.

He estimated the road would take about a year to fix.

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13 dead including seven children in Karachi landslide incident

KARACHI: Thirteen people including seven children were dead in area of Gulistan-e-Jauhar in Karachi on Tuesday.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34513853

Pakistan landslide kills 13 in Karachi

• 13 October 2015
• The rockslide crushed homes on a plot of land carved out of a hill

A rare rockslide in Pakistan's city of Karachi has hit several makeshift homes, killing 13 people including seven children, officials say.

The landslide struck early on Tuesday, burying homes in Gulistan Johar district under a mass of rock and mud.

Rescue workers are using mechanical tools to clear the rubble.

Police and officials are investigating the cause of the landslip, including the possibility of sabotage by land grabbers, reports say.

Landslides are rare in Karachi, where most of the land is mud and sand - but the huts appeared to be part of a slum situated on land that had been flattened by cutting off the side of a ridge, the BBC's Ilyas Khan in Islamabad reports.

California mudslide could take MONTHS to clear with hundreds of cars and trucks STILL buried in 6ft 'river of mud'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3277645/California-mudslide...

Devastation caused by mudslides in California could take months to clear up with hundreds of cars and lorries still stuck in 6ft-deep dirt.
Violent storms struck northern Los Angeles Thursday, causing a rolling river of mud to engulf vehicles on major trucking routes and flow into people's homes.
Families spoke of the terrifying moments they were forced to clamber onto their car roofs as rising floodwater flowed into their cars, with children telling parents that they thought they were going to die.
No one was injured or killed in the chaos, but California now faces a grueling clean-up operation which could take months, officials said.
Kerjon Lee, a spokesman for Los Angeles County Public Works, said crews needed to clear out 20,000 dump trucks worth of dirt and rocks left on major roads, which could take months.
He added that 50 field personnel and more than 30 pieces of heavy equipment were on the ground in the small mountain communities of Elizabeth Lake and Lake Hughes in Leona Valley, about 40 miles north of Los Angeles.
Homeowners spent most of their Saturday shoveling mud out of their homes, with one property destroyed and the possibility of more having to be knocked down because of damage.
Gary and Gina Hartle, who own a 70-acre horse ranch in Lake Hughes, said they had no idea how long it would take to repair their home.
'Our property is 75 percent devastated,' Mrs Hartle, 54, said. 'We can't access our homes too well right now because everything is washed out.'
She said the two homes on the land seemed like they were fine, but that one of the homes was without water because of an inundated pump, and their 20-foot trailer is nowhere in sight.
'It either got buried or it's downriver,' she said.

Deadly landslide hits Karenni village in Myanmar

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Myanmar (MNN/VBB) — Eight days ago, heavy rains came as another blow to the village of Mawchi in Kayah State, Myanmar.

Already dealing with the country’s worst floods in 100 years, which struck from late July to August, the deluge caused a river to flood a bridge, wash out roads, and slow down emergency personnel dealing with deadly landslides in the area. Local authorities are relocating those living in disaster-hit areas to relief camps.

Dyann Romeijn, a spokeswoman for Vision Beyond Borders, says, “It’s in a village that our contacts work with, out of the refugee camps, and it’s predominantly a Christian village. I believe that there are 792 victims that are now displaced that are staying in a church, a middle school, an old hospital, and a high school.”Myanmar (MNN/VBB) — Eight days ago, heavy rains came as another blow to the village of Mawchi in Kayah State, Myanmar.

Already dealing with the country’s worst floods in 100 years, which struck from late July to August, the deluge caused a river to flood a bridge, wash out roads, and slow down emergency personnel dealing with deadly landslides in the area. Local authorities are relocating those living in disaster-hit areas to relief camps.

Dyann Romeijn, a spokeswoman for Vision Beyond Borders, says, “It’s in a village that our contacts work with, out of the refugee camps, and it’s predominantly a Christian village. I believe that there are 792 victims that are now displaced that are staying in a church, a middle school, an old hospital, and a high school.”

Pictured: The incredible moment a massive section of mountain breaks off and plummets 1,000 feet, destroying the forest below

• The footage was captured by a geologist who just happened to be filming
• 2,000 cubic metres of rock fell and caused an avalanche on the mountain
• Major movement was detected prior to rockfall and hamlet was evacuated
• Rockfall tore a path through trees and the noise echoed around the valley

By JAKE POLDEN FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 07:53 EST, 23 October 2015 | UPDATED: 13:14 EST, 23 October 2015

This is the incredible moment a huge piece of rock broke free from the side of a mountain and plummeted 1,000 feet in Switzerland.

The incredible footage was captured by a geologist who just happened to be filming when the rock fall occurred on a mountain in the Swiss Alps.

According to local reports the 2,000 cubic metres of solid rock that fell caused an avalanche on the mountain of Mel de la Niva, near Evolene. 

Geologists studying the mountain had noted geological activity prior to the incident and the site had been under surveillance since 2013, reported Le Nouvelliste.

Major movements were detected last week and the hamlet of Arbey and a road below the mountain had been evacuated and shut the day before. 

The noise from the rockfall was said to have echoed around the valley, as the debris rained down on the mountain, tearing a path through the trees and destroying the forested slopes.

There were no reported injuries resulting from the incident however.

Since being posted to YouTube the clip has been viewed 100,000 times and a number of users have shared their thoughts.

One person wrote: 'Unbelievable someone was actually there for that, and was recording. Thousands of years of waiting, 30 seconds of action, and we got it on film.'

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3286195/Incredible-moment-H... 

Another Massive Landslide on Yukon's Mt Steele (Oct 11)

45 million tons of rock, snow and ice came thundering off Mount Steele, a 5,067 metre peak in the remote icefields of the St. Elias Mountains, in Kluane National Park and Reserve on October 11.

The debris — which NASA compared to the weight of approximately 700 aircraft carriers — fell approximately one kilometre and slid about twice that distance on the Steele glacier.

This is the second significant slide in the area in less than a decade. A 2007 slide on Mount Steele is considered one of the largest known landslides in western Canada.

The recent landslide was discovered by Goran Ekstrom, a seismologist and professor at Columbia University who tracks seismic data worldwide.

The force of millions of tons of rock and ice coming off the mountain caused seismic waves measuring similar to a magnitude 5 earthquake, he says.

"It's actually a very large event. We don't have a full list of large landslides, but I would say this will be in the top 10 of 2015. Worldwide," said Ekstrom. "It might even be higher up on the list."

He says the scientific community doesn't know if there is a "special condition" with Mount Steele that caused two significant events in a short period of time. He says, although ground shaking can case landslides, there were no earthquakes in the region the day of this slide, nor were there other obvious triggers.

Sources

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/mount-steele-landslide-2015-1.3...

http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2015/10/20/mount-steele-rock-ava...

http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2015/10/19/first-announcement-a-...

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/famous-rock-formatio...

Famous sea arch rock formation collapses in Nova Scotia

Thursday, October 22, 2015, 10:54 AM - A famous Nova Scotia landmark has literally disappeared overnight, prompting locals and visitors to wonder, what happened to the 'hole'?

People have long flocked to admire the iconic sea arch, also known as the 'eye' on Long Island in the Minas Basin.

But when nearby residents awoke Tuesday morning, they discovered the rock formation had dramatically changed overnight.

The hole was gone.

"I looked out the window this morning and I had to look twice," Harold Nesbitt told the CBC. Nesbitt and his wife recently moved to a waterfront home in the area because of the view it offered of the Five Islands, which includes Long Island.

The opening in the rock face was large enough that kayakers and boaters could pass through it during high tide. The circular hole served as a pass through from the Minas Basin into the Bay of Fundy, the site of the highest tides in the world. 

Just a few weeks ago, the highest tides in 18 years were recorded in the area. Some speculate that this event, combined with the effects of strong, seaside winds and erosion over time likely led to the opening's collapse.

While the Minas Basin remains a popular destination for those seeking to admire ocean views and unique landscapes, the sea arch will be sorely missed.

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Run for your life: Dramatic footage shows Mexican landslide wiping out a busy road as foundations under 'illegal' tower block give way

• The massive landslide happened in the Santa Fe district of Mexico City
• The cliff face under two illegally-built tower blocks slid into the valley 
• Local council officials said the flats did not have any planning permission
• Luckily no one was killed by the rock slide which damaged 15 cars  

This is the incredible moment a huge landslide in Mexico was caught on video.

At least 15 cars were damaged as six thousand cubic metres of earth crashed onto the road below.

Amazingly, the landslide did not bring down two tower blocks and a private house built precariously near the cliff edge as the ground collapsed underneath them.

Householders in two Mexican tower blocks had a lucky escape after the cliff face underneath their homes collapsed leaving the properties which were built without planning permission only a few feet from disaster

Bystanders videoed the landside as thousands of tonnes of debris hurtled down the side of the cliff

But shocked drivers and pedestrians below meanwhile tried to flee the debris, and the huge dust cloud that followed.

The dramatic incident happened in Santa Fe, one of the major business districts of Mexico City, located in the west part of the Mexican capital city.

Parts of the video were taken from the other side of the valley, on dashboard cameras and mobile phones, and they were all uploaded onto social media where they quickly went viral.

Officials say people living in the apartment buildings were told there was a risk of landslide back in 2007, but ignored their warnings.

The authorities of Cuajimalpa, one of the 16 boroughs of Mexico City to which Santa Fe belongs, also said they had previously advised the inhabitants to abandon the buildings fearing they would fall if there was a landslide.

Huge Earth Crack Caused by Landslide in Wyoming

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A rural area nearby Ten Sleep, Northcentral Wyoming was discovered to have a huge crack on the ground. Experts and geologists highly believe that it is caused by a landslide that happened in the area but no one could have witness the event happening.

Photos of the crack were seen by Chamois Andersen, representative of Wyoming State Geological Survey saying that there is clear evidence that the crack is all anecdotal.

“It appears this may be due to groundwater has created weakness in what is already a saturated hillside. Further saturation like a wet spring and summer leads to more weakness, then the hillside shifted and caused a landslide with an associated large crack,” said Andersen.

They highly advise that people should stay as far as possible from the site as it is still considered an active landslide site that poses risk to human life.

Andersen believes that the landslide could have occurred in a gradual period of one to two weeks time.

Geologists estimate the size of the crack to be about 750 yards in length and 50 yards in width.

Even hunter Randy Becker was surprised to see the site in actual and even took photos as remembrance. He said that, “I was stunned. The magnitude of this shift in earth is dramatic. It blows you away to see it.”

‘Catastrophe’: At least 17 killed, 45 missing, town leveled by flood in Brazil dam collapse

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At least 17 people have been killed in the disaster, AFP reported citing firefighters.

The dam burst near a working mine in a rural area located about 300 kilometers (185 miles) from Rio de Janeiro, AP reported, citing a statement published by the city hall of Mariana.

Witnesses told local media that the town of Bento Rodrigues, with a population of 620 people, has been completely flooded by mud.

“An avalanche of liquid waste destroyed houses, a school, a church, a medical center, carried away vehicles. Many families have been left homeless and are waiting for news about their loved ones. The emergency work is hampered by the fact that the flooded areas are only accessible via helicopters. This is one of the saddest scenes I ever had to witness,” the local health ministry head of Minas Gerais state, Juliano Duarte, was quoted as saying by TASS.

Rescue teams are on site looking for survivors. The exact number of dead and injured is still unknown.

The Iron and Metals Extraction Union said that between 15 and 16 people have been killed and 45 remain missing. 

Sniffer dogs have been sent to the area to help search for the missing people.

Photos and videos from the scene posted on social media show devastation on a large-scale, with houses and vehicles flooded in a pool of mud. Authorities say mudslides are still a risk.

People living around the dam were instructed to evacuate and seek safety on higher ground.

The mine’s owner, Samarco mining company, confirmed the break in a statement, adding that toxic waste from mining operations had been leaked. It also promised to minimize the damage to local residents and the environment.

This could be the worst dam burst in the country’s history, media reported, citing a government committee dealing with dams. Carlos Eduardo Ferreira Brito, Environmental Prosecutor of Minas Gerais’s Public Ministry, described the accident as “catastrophic.”

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Two British holidaymakers presumed dead after being buried alive by 7,000 cubic feet of rock and dirt while visiting popular waterfall attraction in Bulgaria

• Two British tourists have been buried in a rockslide in northern Bulgaria
• The pair, along with a local companion, were hit while walking on a path
• Emergency services have been working at the scene of the incident today
• But the couple are presumed dead after being buried alive at the tourist site

Two British holidaymakers were tonight presumed dead after they were buried alive under an avalanche of stone as they posed for a photograph at a waterfalls in Bulgaria.

Rescue workers attempted to dig out the couple, thought to be in their thirties, who became trapped when around 7,000 cubic feet of rock came down, but they could not be found.

The man and woman were having their picture taken on a bridge at the remote mountain beauty spot in northern Bulgaria at around midday when the rockslide occurred.

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Rescue workers at the site of the Bulgarian waterfall at which two British holidaymakers are presumed dead after being buried alive under an avalanche of stone

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The pair were walking beside the Krushuna Waterfalls (pictured) in Bulgaria today when an avalanche of rock and dirt tumbled down on top of them. Their companion, a local, managed to escape and raise the alarm

Locals said they were on a section of the iron bridge by a cave when a large section of the overhanging rock above them suddenly came crashing down.

Viktor Dzhonev, who runs a guest house near the Krushuna falls in Letnitsa province, told the Mail: ‘The man and woman were under the cliffs. Another woman was taking a picture of them with a camera when it happened.

‘A small piece of rock hit her but she got away. The couple were buried.’

Insane moment unfazed onlookers stand a stone's throw away from a massive landslide as it engulfs the road

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A shocking video has emerged of a massive landslide ripping up trees and completely blocking a road as onlookers stood just a few feet away taking pictures and filming the event.

The landslide took place yesterday at a section of the 210 National Road in Hanzhong city, central China’s Shaanxi Province, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded, reports The People’s Daily Online.

As tonnes of mud and rock tumbled down the mountain, the people in the video seem completely unfazed by the fact that they are just a few feet away from being crushed.
The 80-second amateur footage shows a close-up of the mountain as large quantities of mud and rock start to fall onto the road, bringing trees with them.

Some of the rocks looked like huge boulders as they rolled down a hill.

These were followed by large trees, still standing tall, as they slid down the mountain along with the mud as if they’ve just been simply picked up and swept away.

As the footage progressed, the mountain started sliding down faster and huge chunks of earth were picked up and thrown onto the road.
When the camera zooms out, about 20 people could be seen standing on the road just watching as it is being engulfed right in front of them.

They do not seem to be scared as even though they are just a few feet away from the threat of death.

More than 350,000 cubic feet of soil and stone fell down from the hill, covering over 320 feet of the road below.

Traffic in the area was badly interrupted, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded.

It is thought the landslide was caused by the rain from a few days earlier as the area has been experiencing several landslides recently.

Clean up work has begun to unblock the road and traffic disruptions will be expected over the next week.

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Landslide closes A386 near Great Torrington after 30 tons of soil and stone plunge onto road

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A landslide was reported to have brought down five large trees and up to 30 tons of earth on to a main road through Devon.

The incident was reported in the early hours of this morning when the A386 was closed following the incident near Beam Quarry on the road between Great Torrington and Landcross.

Diversions were put in place as early morning commuters made their way to work.

A digger was brought in to start to move the mounds of soil and stone, while the trees were cut up and moved.

Hugh Griffith, highway operations control centre manager for Devon County Council, posted a tweet this morning on social media, saying: “A386 Beam Quarry closure a 30 ton bank slip has brought down 5 large trees, 3 cut up & moved, digger starting to move soil/stone.”

He added: “#Devon Near Torrington, the A386 is closed at Beam Quarry due to a landslide. Diversions are in place (via @hughHocc).”

Motorists are being diverted via Landcross on the A388, via Frithelstock and Rakeham Hill.

Read more: http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Landslide-closes-A386-near-Grea... 

Landslide in eastern China buries homes, leaving casualties and people missing

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/landslide-in-eastern-chin...

The death toll from a landslide that buried homes in eastern China has risen to 16 people with 21 others still missing, a local government said Sunday.

A torrent of mud and rocks unleashed by heavy rains buried nearly 30 homes in a village in Zhejiang province on Friday night. Four people had previously been confirmed dead.

The Lishui city government, which administers Lidong village where the landslide happened, said that 16 bodies had been found as well as one survivor, who was in stable condition.

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California road buckles due to landslide

Posted: Nov 20, 2015 5:59 PM EST Updated: Nov 20, 2015 5:59 PM EST

(CNN) - A California road is closed after a landslide caused it to buckle.

A 150-foot stretch of Vasquez Canyon Road near Santa Clara changed Thursday after just a few hours.

In some places, the street rose more than 6 feet. Cracks could be seen along the damaged area and officials say they continue to expand and rise.

No homes or buildings are in the immediate area.

The road is closed while public works engineers and geologists investigate the damage.

After the landslide profoundly buckled the 150-foot section of Vasquez Canyon Road between Lost Canyon Road and Vasquez Way in Santa Clarita, skateboarders eager for a severe test descended on the area.

http://www.breitbart.com/california/2015/11/26/skateboarders-descen...

At least 90 dead in huge jade mine landslide in Myanmar, officials say

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At least 90 people have been killed in a huge landslide while searching for precious jade in a remote mining area of northern Myanmar, officials say.

"We found 79 dead bodies on November 21 (and) 11 today so the total so far is 90," said Nilar Myint, an official from the local administrative authorities in Hpakant, northern Kachin state.

Nilar Myint added that the rescue operation was ongoing.

The massive landslide crushed dozens of flimsy shanty huts clustered on the barren landscape, where an unknown number of itinerant workers had made their homes in the hope of finding precious stone.

"We are seeing only dead bodies and no-one knows how many people live there," Nilar Myint said, adding that only one person had been pulled alive from the rubble, but had died soon after.

The Global New Light of Myanmar earlier reported that at least 30 dead bodies were retrieved from the landslide site, quoting local officials and media reports.

Rescuers battled to dig through the mountains of loose rubble at the site on Sunday, with fears that the toll could rise further.

It is the latest deadly accident to affect Myanmar's secretive multi-billion-dollar jade industry in war-torn Kachin.

Those killed were thought to have been scavenging through a mountain of waste rubble dumped by mechanical diggers used by the mining firms in the area to extract Myanmar's most valuable precious stone.

Landslides are a common hazard in the area as people living off the industry's waste, driven by the hope that they might find a chunk of jade worth thousands of dollars, pick their way across perilous mounds under cover of darkness.

Scores have been killed this year alone as local people say the mining firms, many of which are linked to the country's junta-era military elite, have scaled up their operations in Kachin.

Myanmar is the source of virtually all of the world's finest jadeite, an almost translucent green stone that is prized above almost all other materials in neighbouring China.

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Force of nature: Breathtaking footage captures the moment an enormous glacier collapses sending an avalanche of ice and rock down a mountain

• Ryan Taylor was in Mount Cook National Park when rocks began to tumble
• After 30 seconds of falling, a massive block of ice dislodges and breaks up
• Chunks of rock, snow and ice thunder down mountain and flow like a river

This is the breathtaking moment an enormous glacier collapsed just inches from a skier to send thousands of tonnes of rock, snow and ice thundering down a mountain.

Ryan Taylor, 22, who was seconds away from skiing down the slope in Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand, watched as rocks beneath the ice began to break free and fall.

The amateur adventure photographer filmed 30 seconds of tumbling rubble before one large block of ice dislodged, smashing into a thousand pieces and plummeting down the mountain.

Rocks below the ice began to break free and small pieces tumbled down the mountain for around 30 seconds

The video shows more chunks of ice cascading to the bottom as Ryan watches in amazement at the incredible natural spectacle taking place in front of him.

Later in the clip Ryan points the camera at the thousands of tonnes of rock and ice flowing down the steep decline like a raging river.

As he is filming, Ryan can be heard saying: 'I don't know if I want to go down there anymore. It is huge, it is just flying. It is like a liquid.

'The snow line is now lowering so I guess we can ski further down.' Adding: 'It is still flowing down there, crazy. The mountainside is going to collapse.'

A large block of ice dislodges, smashes into a thousand pieces and plummets down the mountain

Ryan captured the footage of the incredible glacier collapse, which is known as a serac fall, from the Whymper Saddle pass in Mount Cook National Park on November 9.

The amateur photographer from Christchurch, New Zealand, said: 'After weaving through crevasses and ice fall we were glad to relax on the high ground of Whymper Saddle.

'Our map suggested good skiing terrain below us. Looking down into the valley it was obvious our intended ski line was threatened by a few dangers.

'The large mass of loose rock and ice was a big concern along with the rapidly warming temperatures increasing the risk of avalanches.

'While we were talking the amount of rock fall began to steadily increase.

'It looked as if something was going to happen so I started filming. The collapse was quite loud sounding similar to the ocean crashing on a rocky coastline.

'Rock and ice mixed into a massive slurry that gouged its way down the mountain at impressive speed.

'The avalanche slowed down, spread out, adding its mass to the glacier below. It was cool to see up close and was a spectacular natural process.' 

Landslide Prompts Evacuations in Kfarnabrakh Mt. Lebanon LEBANON

Nov. 30, 2015

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/195768

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Nov-30/325241-la...

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The Daily Star

A landslide in a Mount Lebanon village Monday forced people to evacuate their homes in fear of larger collapses, the state-run National News Agency said

Panicked residents evacuated their homes Monday after a landslide hit the outskirts of the town of Kfarnabrakh in the Chouf region.

“Very dangerous landslides have occurred in the outskirts of the Chouf town of Kfarnabrakh above the towns of Wadi al-Sitt and al-Fowara,” stare-run National News Agency said.

Residents took to Twitter to publish photos of the landslide.

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