Extreme Mudslide in Northern Tajikistan (May 28)

A late spring thaw in the mountains of northern Tajikistan unleashed an enormous mudslide on May 28, sending torrents of debris into a river and partly blocking the road to Kyrgyzstan.

Source

https://www.rferl.org/a/tajikistan-landslide/28516667.html

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Mudslide brings down power lines, closes road

LKVIEW, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Crews are working to remove debris from the roadway after a mudslide on Monday morning.

It happened just after 11 a.m. at the intersection of Little Sandy Road and Elk River Road.

Metro 911 Dispatchers say the mud slide brought down power lines.

All lanes are blocked at this time.

The Pinch Volunteer Fire Department, West Virginia Department of Highways and Kanawha County Sheriff's Department are all responding to the scene.

No injuries were reported in the slide.

Earthquake in Greenland triggers fatal landslide-induced tsunami

POSTED ON JUNE 19, 2017 BY TEMBLOR

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This picture shows the settlement of Nuugaatsiaq, which was hit by a tsunami over the weekend. The tsunami was triggered by a landslide following a M=4.1 earthquake. (Photo from: knr.gl)

Over the weekend, a M=4.1 earthquake on Greenland’s western coast caused a massive landslide, triggering a tsunami that inundated small settlements on the coast. At this stage, four people are feared to have died, nine others were injured, and 11 buildings were destroyed. In the hardest hit village, Nuugaatsiag, which is home to around 100 people, 40 people have been evacuated to Uummannaq, the eleventh-largest town in Greenland (see picture below).

This Temblor map shows the location of the M=4.1 earthquake on the western coast of Greenland. Despite its small magnitude, the quake caused a landslide, which triggered a tsunami that killed four people.

While this earthquake appears to be tectonic in nature, according to Professor Meredith Nettles of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, Greenland also experiences what are known as glacial earthquakes. Glacial earthquakes are a relatively new class of seismic event, and are often linked to the calving of large outlet glaciers. While this type of event has also been observed in Antarctica, the majority have been recorded off the coast of Greenland, and show a strong seasonality, with most of them occurring late in the summer.

Because glacial earthquakes have a different mechanism than normal earthquakes, standard earthquake monitoring techniques cannot be used to detect them, which explains why they were not known about until 2003. Additionally, while a tectonic M=5 quake typically lasts about 2 seconds, a comparable M=5 glacial earthquake can emit long-period (great than 30 seconds) seismic waves. It is because of this, that they have a separate classification.

In order for a glacial earthquake to occur, a large-scale calving event has to take place. When a glacier calves, there is both a sudden change in glacial mass and motion. While a glacier is technically a river of ice, meaning it slowly flows downhill, when a large calving event take place, there is a brief period when horizontal motion reverses. Couple this with a downward deflection of the glaciers terminus, which causes a upward force on earth’s surface, and you have the recipe for a glacial earthquake. These earthquakes tend to be M=4.6-5.1.

Despite the fact that this tectonic quake was by no means large, it was big enough to trigger a massive landslide into the ocean, and the ensuing displacement of water was enough to form a tsunami that devastated parts of Nuugaatsiag. Prof. Nettles said to us, “The M=4.1 earthquake does not explain the large, long-period (slow) seismic signal detected by seismometers around the globe. The long-period signal appears to be due to a landslide, and the time of the long-period signal is later than the time of the high-frequency (earthquake) signal. It is possible the earthquake triggered the landslide.” What this means is that both the earthquake and landslide generated seismic signals, but that the earthquake signal appeared first, suggesting the quake triggered the slide. The video below shows a view of the landslide, while the photos show the landslide and the devastation caused by the tsunami. In response to this event, and the risk of aftershocks, people have been advised to stay away from the coastline.

This picture, taken by the Arctic Command shows part of the landslide that triggered the deadly tsunami.

This photo shows damage in Nuugaatsiaq, following a deadly tsunami over the weekend. (Photo from: Olina Angie K Nielsen via Facebook)

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Incredible aerial photos of B.C. highway washout that sent man to hospital

• Tribune Staff
• Mon Jun 19th, 2017 8:30am

A Williams Lake man is lucky to be alive after being swept down a steep embankment in complete darkness toward the Fraser River while travelling on Highway 20 early Monday morning.

The motorist and his vehicle were swept some 500 feet down the bank after water washed out a section of the highway in the middle of the night. Early reports indicate the man managed to get himself back up to the highway for help and is currently being treated at hospital.

The victim’s employer, who does not want to be named, said the man described having the “road just disappear in front of him.”

“He’s going to be OK and that’s all I want to hear,” the employer said at the hospital Monday, adding the long time Williams Lake resident is very sore but recovering.

RCMP were called at 3:09 a.m., said RCMP Cpl. Madonna Saunderson, and advised of the washout, estimated to be in excess of 150 metres and approximately a half of a kilometre west of the Sheep Creek Bridge on Highway 20.

The public is asked to stay away from the area and not to travel Highway 20 at this time.

Central Cariboo Search and Rescue and BC Ambulance also attended.

No word yet what caused the slide or where the water came from.

Chilcotin resident Linda-Lou Howarth said drivers traveling between Williams Lake and the Chilcotin can use the Rudy Johnson Bridge and Meldrum Creek Road as a detour, which will add an extra hour to their trip.

“People have to be aware of the cattle on the road and the deer,” Howarth said, adding that the road is quite dusty.

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Dramatic pictures show aftermath of massive cliff fall which saw 50,000 tons of rock plummet into the sea to throw up enormous waves

• Around 50,000 tons of chalk from the cliff face fell into the sea from around 80m, throwing up a huge wave
• Coastguard and police teams launched a huge search operation for anyone trapped but this has now ended
• Emergency services believe it is lucky there was no loss of life - people were seen taking selfies at the edge 

Incredible photographs from the aftermath of dramatic cliff fall that saw 50,000 tons of rock crash into the sea shows a huge chunk of the coastline missing.

A huge rescue operation was launched at around 4pm, after the rocks crashed into the waters from a height of around 80 metres, throwing up a huge wave that stunned crowds at Seaford Head, near Eastbourne, East Sussex.

Emergency services believe it is extremely lucky there was no loss of life after a massive chunk of cliff face chalk plunged into the sea, around six miles from the famous Seven Sisters cliffs. 

Incredible photographs from the aftermath of dramatic cliff fall at Seaford Head, near Eastbourne, East Sussex

The rocks crashed into the waters from a height of around 80 metres, throwing up a huge wave 

Large parts of Seaford Head around Splash Point, where the slide occurred, were roped off after cracks appeared.

Earlier warnings about the loose chalk attracted people looking to take death defying pictures of themselves on the clifftop.

Another major cliff fall at almost the same point in the cliffs happened during gale force winds over Christmas 2015.

HM Coastguard spokesman Graham Easton said: 'We would urge people to stay away from the cliff edge. 

Large parts of Seaford Head around Splash Point, where the slide occurred, were roped off after cracks appeared

Earlier warnings about the loose chalk attracted people looking to take death defying pictures of themselves on the clifftop

'The soft chalk is always a risk.'

Rescue workers from the Fire Service and Coastguard had to search the area to make sure nobody is trapped under the cliff fall.

The beach front along the esplanade was packed with tourists and holidaymakers when the white cliffs collapsed.

Coastguard spokesman Graham Easton said the emergency services launched a make search and rescue operation just after 4pm.

'Following a large cliff fall we were unsure if there were people trapped.

'Fire service and a helicopter are involved in the search. 

'At the moment we are not concerned there are any people missing.' 

Fire crews scrambled its rope rescue and technical rescue units to the scene.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency earlier confirmed that there were no reports of any missing people in the area but a search was undertaken because of the 'sheer scale' of the cliff fall.

Around three hours later the search was stood down. 

After the dramatic incident, a spokesman said Newhaven and Birling Gap Coastguard Rescue Teams, the UK Coastguard search and rescue helicopter based at Lydd, was on the scene at the scene.

Kaimes Beasley, Duty Controller for the UK Coastguard said: 'We will continue to search this area until we are satisfied, along with the other emergency services involved, that no one has been injured or trapped in this fall. 

'We are advising beach goers to keep away from the scene and we are currently cordoning off the area in the interests of public safety. 

'I cannot stress enough that this rock fall clearly shows how unstable cliff edges can be, so please keep your distance from cliff edges, at both the top and the bottom of the cliffs, at all times.' 

An eyewitness told BBC South East : 'I just decided to go in the water and as I've swam out a bit, all I've seen is this huge load of what I thought was smoke.'

The site of a major cliff fall was a hotspot for people taking dangerous selfies.

More than 140 villagers feared buried in massive Chinese landslide

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 More than 140 villagers were feared buried Saturday (June 24) in a massive landslide triggered by heavy rain in Sichuan Province in southwestern China, according to local officials and the Chinese media.

China Daily reports that five people have been found dead and more than 140 are missing after huge boulders and a mass of earth buried 62 homes in the village of Xinmo in Mao County.

The Sichuan Daily said rescuers made contact with a villager buried under the rubble who answered her cellphone when they called and burst into tears. The woman was in the bedroom of her home when the landslide hit the village, and rescuers were trying to reach her, the report said.

The paper said a family of three, including a month-old baby, managed to escape just as the landslide hit their house around 6 a.m.

Qiao Dashuai told state broadcaster CCTV that the baby saved the family because he was woken up by the child’s crying and was going to change the baby’s diaper when he heard a noise that alerted him to the landslide.

“We heard a strange noise at the back of our house, and it was rather loud,” Qiao said. “Wind was coming into the room so I wanted to close the door. When we came out, water flow swept us away instantly.” He said they struggled against the flood of water until they met medical workers who took them to a hospital. Qiao said his parents and other relatives had not been found.

Wang Yongbo, a local rescue official, told CCTV that some 105 million cubic feet of earth and rock — equivalent to more than 1,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools — had slid down the mountain, the Associated Press reports.

The mass of earth and rocks covered almost a mile of road and blocked over a mile section of a river.

More than 1,000 firefighters, medical staff and armed police officers were rushed to the scene, but meteorologists said the rescue effort could be hampered by the prospect of three more days of rain.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday ordered all-out rescue efforts for anyone trapped in the rubble, the state-owned Xinhua news agency reported.

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Manipur: Heavy rains trigger landslides along highways, road traffic badly hit

District officials said that as torrential rains continue to lash Manipur and other northeastern states, there may be more landslides along the highways.

INDIA Updated: Jul 09, 2017 19:03 IST

Sobhapati Samom 
Hindustan Times, Imphal

The Imphal-Jiribam highway in Manipur that broke off between Sinam and Laijan villages on Sunday.(HT Photo)

Heavy rain continued to cause havoc in Manipur on Sunday, triggering landslides and sinking of highways connecting state capital Imphal with the rest of the country and severely affecting movement of vehicles on the national highways in the state.

Around 60 feet of the national highway 37 between Sinam and Laijang villages in the Imphal-Jiribam sector, about 35 km from Imphal, broke off on Sunday morning, officials said.

Heavy landslides also occurred in Lalmati sector of national highway 2 near Kohima, reports said.

Following the landslide and the breaking off of the highway, nearly 200 goods trucks, mostly laden with rice, were stranded along NH 37.

Meanwhile, more than 50 Manipur-bound oil tankers went back to Khatkhati in Assam after failing to cross the landslide-hit Lalmati area.

Authorities have now restricted the movement of vehicles to undertake repair work.

The JN Institute of Medical Sciences in Imphal inundated by flood waters. (HT Photo)

Earlier, movement of heavy vehicles in Mao sector of NH 2, about 110 km north of Imphal, was restricted for two days on July 4 and 5 following landslides.

A landslide at Thanlon in Churachandpur district also affected vehicular movement.

Some houses were also reportedly damaged following a landslide at Langol Laimanai near Imphal on Sunday morning.

Manipur has been badly affected by floods, landslides and storms for the last two months after cyclone Mora hit the state in May.

The Manipur government had even declared the disaster as a state calamity.

Chief minister N Biren Singh accompanied by parliamentary secretaries on Sunday inspected the flood-affected areas in Imphal East district where more than 14,000 hectares of paddy fields are under water.

Speaking to the media during the visit, the chief minister said the government was yet to figure out the exact number of houses and villages that have been affected by floods, as many areas have been inundated in the last few days.

According to official reports, about 40,000 hectares of agricultural land -- about 20% of Manipur’s total agriculture area (1.95 lakh hectare) -- in Imphal West, Thoubal, Bishnupur and Ukhrul have been affected by floods.

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Traffic obstructed as landslide breaks bridge in Sindhupalchok

Jul 24,2017

Traffic has been halted after a landslide broke the Larcha bridge over the Bhotekoshi river at Phulpingkatti rural municipality in Sindhupalchok district on Sunday evening.

Vehicular movement has been obstructed after big boulders that fell along with the landslide debris on the 70 metres long bridge broke it in the middle, the District Police Office, Sindhupalchok stated. The bridge connects Phulpingkatti with Tatopani.

Huge flood in the river 36 years ago had washed the Nepal-China Friendship bridge at Tatopani and the Larcha bridge. The bridges were constructed some two years after that with the support provided by the Chinese government.

The locals of Tatopani are facing problem travelling to neighbouring areas and to Bahrabise after the halt in transport services.

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Residents have been told to leave their homes because their lives are at risk

Residents were handed letters telling them they must vacate their homes today

Families have been told to move out of their homes as their lives are at risk due to landslips at the rear of their properties.

Residents on Cyfyng Road in Ystalyfera in the upper Swansea Valley were handed letters from Neath Port Talbot Council effectively telling them they must vacate their homes by Thursday, August 10.

The letter states: “Following our monitoring and investigation relating to the landslips at the rear of your property, we are of the opinion that there continues to be a risk to life and property, with the houses in 81-96 Cyfyng Road containing hazards relating to structural collapse, and the sewerage system serving some of the houses is inadequate.”

A council spokesman said it is "the council's intention to secure alternative accommodation for the residents affected".

He said the decision to tell residents to leave their homes had "not been taken lightly" but it was "a matter of public safety".

It comes six months after a landslide hit the street , which saw trees and bushes tear down the hillside into the Swansea canal.

And while it is understood that some families have already left, others have not been so quick to pack their bags.

One resident, Paul Harris, said: “We have all been told that we have to move out immediately but I have two dogs so I can’t move anywhere. They were talking about offering me a B&B in Swansea but the dogs will have to go into kennels but I won’t do that.”

Cyfyng Road resident, Paul Harris in what is left of his back garden.

Mr Harris has questioned the level of danger.

He said: “If there is an immediate risk to life, why haven’t they closed the road? There are children walking down here with their mothers and prams. If this house goes it could just crash down and kill someone. Is there really that level of risk?”

Another resident, David Morris, said: “I grew up here around landslides so I don’t think it’s as dangerous as they are making out.

John Emery, who said he has yet to receive a letter, complained over a lack of information.

He said: “We have ended up with people frightened out of their minds and you can’t get any blasted answers from the council.

“It makes me feel very, very worried. We were told several months ago that it was perfectly safe, there was no fall away but now we are being told we have to go.

“It’s a miserable situation. We have been completely left in the dark. I think we have been treated disgustingly.”

Cyfyng Road resident, John Emery.

A spokesman for Neath Port Talbot Council said: "The decision to ask people to leave their homes at such short notice has not been taken lightly, but this is a matter of public safety.

“Following monitoring and investigation of the landslips at the rear of 81 to 96 Cyfyng Road, we are of the opinion that there is a high risk of further collapse and consequently a risk to the occupiers if they remain in these properties.

“Based on recent inspection findings and expert advice, we are now satisfied that Category 1 hazards exist at the properties which pose an imminent risk to the health and safety of occupiers and visitors and, as such, immediate emergency action had to be taken."

He added that help had been given.

He said: "“Council officers from relevant services have been in Ystalyfera to offer advice and support to the residents who are affected.

"The assistance is ongoing and it is the council's intention to secure alternative accommodation for the residents affected."

At least 200 are killed after being trapped under rubble in huge Sierra Leone mudslide

At least 200 have been killed after a mudslide sparked by heavy rain crashed through part of Sierra Leone's capital.

Homes were swept away in Regent, in the outskirts of Freetown, while roads turned into rampaging rivers as the mudslide struck.

Relatives dug through the mud in search of their loved ones and a morgue overflowed with bodies after heavy rains and flooding.

Shocking pictures on social media have emerged online showing bodies piled up in the mud. 

Vice President Victor Foh said: 'It is likely that hundreds are lying dead underneath the rubble.

'The disaster is so serious that I myself feel broken,' he added. 'We're trying to cordon (off) the area (and) evacuate the people.'

People cried as they looked at the damage under steady rain, gesturing toward a muddy hillside where dozens of houses used to stand, a Reuters witness said.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4789142/Hundreds-likely-dea... 

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Cliff collapse swallows backyard in Bucklands Beach, east Auckland

Eight missing after Switzerland landslide

August 24, 2017

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(CNN)Eight people were reported missing Thursday after a landslide hit the Swiss town of Bondo, local police said.

The landslide occurred Wednesday morning and the missing are from Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Helicopters and rescue services were leading the search for the missing on Thursday.
Bondo is located in the southeastern Val Bondasca area, near the Italian border. The town was evacuated after the landslide, and residents have not been able to return to their homes, according to a police statement.

Moment landslide hurtles towards Swiss town

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One dead, 37 missing after landslide hits city in southern China

More on yesterday's massive landslide in southern China: 

An enormous rockslope failure occurred at 10:40 am August 28 at Zhangjiawan Township, Nayong County. 

The slide buried 34 houses; seven people were recovered alive but injured. 

Although there are 3 known fatalities with 32 people missing, the likelihood of any finding other additional survivors is vanishingly small.

Over 2,000 people, including police, firefighters and medical staff are at the scene and more than 80 emergency vehicles, 20 life detectors, 17 digging machines and 8 drones are involved in the rescue work.

This appears to be a massive rockslide, with a fair amount of toppling as the landslide developed.  Unusual for a non-seismic slide, the failure seems to have developed from the ridge crest and then to have entrained debris from lower on the slope.  The result is a landslide with a morphology that is more reminiscent of an earthquake-induced slide.

The trigger for the landslide remains unclear.

Sources

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-08/28/c_136562990_4.htm

http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2017/08/29/zhangjiawan-landslide-1/

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Heavy rains lash West Sikkim, several areas affected

Gangtok, Sep 4 Heavy rains lashed several parts of Yuksam in West Sikkim during the past few days causing landslides and severely damaging roads in the area.

Normal Life was affected in Yuksam as heavy rains led to landslides across Yuksam-Dubdi GPU. Heavy damage to roads, houses and other infrastructure was reported from several places in Yuksam.

The Yuksam Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) has alerted residents living at vulnerable areas like landslide prone zones and advised them to move to safer locations.

Landslides have been reported from almost the entire stretch of Yuksam Subdivision, Yuksam SDM Sonam R Lepcha said.

Gangtok, Sep 4 Heavy rains lashed several parts of Yuksam in West Sikkim during the past few days causing landslides and severely damaging roads in the area.

Normal Life was affected in Yuksam as heavy rains led to landslides across Yuksam-Dubdi GPU. Heavy damage to roads, houses and other infrastructure was reported from several places in Yuksam.

The Yuksam Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) has alerted residents living at vulnerable areas like landslide prone zones and advised them to move to safer locations.

Landslides have been reported from almost the entire stretch of Yuksam Subdivision, Yuksam SDM Sonam R Lepcha said.

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Local authorities visit the injured victims at the hospital. Photo courtesy of Yen Bai Newspaper

A 8-month-old child and her mother perished.

Heavy rains lashed the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai late Sunday, triggering landslides that killed an 8-month-old child and her mother and injured 7 other people.

The local authorities have provided the families of dead victims with VND5 million ($220) each and the injured VND3 million each. They are also scrambling to evacuate landslide-prone households. 

Heavy rains and flash floods also hit Yen Bai last month, killing 14 people and washing away hundreds of homes.

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Landslide closes Halibut Point Road in Sitka

Posted by KCAW News | Sep 4, 2017

Approximate location of the slide, which occurred at around noon today. (KCAW image)

UPDATE – 1:30 p.m. Monday, September 4

Officials in Sitka have closed Halibut Point Road at the rec to assess a landslide which occurred in the 4300-block at around noon today (9-4-17).

No injuries or property damage have been reported as a result of the slide. Some residences in the vicinity of Vallhalla Drive have been evacuated as a precaution.

Local authorities are in direct communication with KCAW. We’ll keep you posted as more information about this event becomes known.

UPDATE – 1:15 p.m. Monday, September 4

Authorities in Sitka have closed Halibut Point Road from the rec and beyond to assess a landslide that crossed the highway around noontime today (Monday 9-4-17).

There’s no word yet of any damage or injuries, or the extent of the slide. The Sitka Fire Department has been in direct contact with KCAW. We will update you as more information becomes available.

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Published: September 04, 2017 10:16 pm On: Nepal

  

RAMJI RANA

Police is seen walking along the Chame-Besishar road section, blocked by landslide at Arghalebesi in Lamjung district, on Monday, September 4, 2017. Photo: Ramji Rana

LAMJUNG: The vehicular movement along the Besishar-Chame road section has been halted due to landslide at Arghalebesi in Lamjung Marsyangdi Rural Municipality-3 in Lamjung district.

After the landslide, the road connectivity with Manang district have been disconnected since yesterday morning.

Chairperson of the Marsyangdi Rural Municipality Arjun Gurung said vehicular movement would be halted for couple of days as boulders of landslide with huge stone had blocked the road.

He further said up to 40 metres of rock have cascaded onto the road.

Khudi Police Post in-charge Sub Inspector Nawaraj Bhattarai said vehicles plying via Rambazaar, Syange in Lamjung to Manang district have been stranded on the road. “It will take at least couple of days to clear landslide debris as rocks are too big in size,”.

Vice Chairman of Marsyangdi Rural Municipality Hom Bahadur BK said landslide swept away walking trails and people have been taking risks while walking in the area.

Meanwhile, Road Division Office Damauli field engineer Gautam Kumar Shrestha said preparations are underway to open the blocked road and traffic would resume by Tuesday.

He further said an excavator will be used in coordination with the local administration as JCV failed to clear the landslide debris and crack huge stones.

Acting Chief District Officer Tirtha Bahadur Adhikari has urged the chief of Road Division Office to open the road in earliest.

“Its been more than two decades the track was opened to connect Chame, district headquarters of Manag, however, the road has not been upgraded where the locals are compelled to make a perilous journey along the road,” locals lamented.

Meanwhile, vehicles would take at least 8 hours drive along the 65 km road from Besisahar of Lamjung district to reach Chame in Manang district.

Swiss glacier collapses after hundreds evacuated

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Horror at Yosemite: One dead and one injured after rocks 'the size of an apartment building' tear off of famous El Capitan mountain and bury climbers

• The rockslide occurred at 1.55pm at Yosemite National Park in California on Wednesday 
• Climber Peter Zabrok said he watched 100ft by 100ft pieces of granite fall
• He narrowly avoided death but watched in horror as it buried others below
• Emergency services are still working to remove people from the rock face 
• Zabrok told DailyMail.com the sound was like 'a thousand freight trains derailing at once - but louder' 
• Around 30 people were feared to have been following the popular El Capitan route when the rocks fell  

One person is dead and another has been injured in a rockslide at Yosemite National Park.

It happened on the popular El Capitan hiking route at 1.55pm on Wednesday afternoon.

Around 30 people were feared to have been climbing on the rock face at the time. 

Survivor Peter Zabrok, who spoke to DailyMail.com on Wednesday night as he made his way back to base, narrowly avoided death. 

He had just climbed above the piece of the rock which tore off when he watched from a 'birds eye view' as it fell away, crashing down on others beneath him and his climbing partners. 

A deadly rockslide occurred at Yosemite National Park in California on Wednesday, killing one and injuring at least one other. It is shown above as it happened at 1.55pm on Wednesday 

'We were climbing the route where the rockfall occurred and we got a bird's-eye view of the rockfall. 

'I observed a 100 foot by 100 foot by 100 foot piece of granite peel off and fall 2000 feet to the ground. It was the size of an apartment building' he said. 

Zabrok said the sound of the fall was like 'a thousand freight trains derailing at once but louder'. 

'There were two people walking at the base and the appeared to get hit and completely buried. 

'We are past it and we are safe. Had we been underneath it we would have died for sure. I give thanks to God and my Saviour Jesus Christ,' he said. 

The fall trigger three smaller slides, he said, which left emergency workers in danger. 

'There have been three subsequent enormous rock falls and this rescuer is in tremendous peril,' he said, immediately after the first one.  

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It has happened again: Second slip in Auckland's Birkenhead car park

The kerb that joins the Rawene car park access road to the pavement is split apart like a broken zipper. The slip is visibly a lot steeper in appearance compared to the initial slip in October but not as deep.

Auckland Transport's Mark Hannan first announced there had been another slip via media release on November 28 at 5pm.

Danielle Grant

Engineers coordinate inspections and safety measures.

This morning, Hannan said there was no overnight movement of the site following the second slip.

At least 10 engineers were on site on Wednesday morning.

This morning, Hannan said there was no overnight movement of the site following the second slip.

At least 10 engineers were on site on Wednesday morning.

"Building inspectors have assessed surrounding properties and there continues to be no indication of a risk to those properties," Hannan said.

"Specialists are continuing to monitor the site and stabilisation work has been paused while the impact of the second slip is being investigated.

"In the interest of public safety, pedestrian and vehicle access to private car parks via the slip road is now prohibited."

Hannan said a piece of equipment, which is described as similar to a platform, fell about three metres. Hannan confirmed no-one had been injured.

Kaipātiki Local Board chairwoman Danielle Grant was at the slip this morning.

Grant said the board was waiting for geotechnical reporting and a stabilisation plan to gain a better understanding of the next steps. 

"The main thing businesses are after, at the moment, is clear and ongoing communication."

'ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN'

Claire Balfour, chairwoman of the nearby Mokoia Apartments body corporate, said residents were concerned about the significant drop in the car park when it first appeared almost three weeks before the slip happened.

She said the asphalt had originally been poured onto unstable land without a retaining wall and was "an accident waiting to happen".

Auckland Transport has defended its management of the gaping hole that has appeared where the car park used to be.

AT's chief infrastructure officer Greg Edmonds said the car park had washed away into the gorge below it following "pretty significant rains" over the past 12 months.

Edmonds said AT had been monitoring the site for 12 months and it took appropriate action when the crack appeared, closing part of the car park and fencing it off for public safety.

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One dead, two trapped after landslide at walking track in Wentworth Falls in Blue Mountains

Three National Parks contractors were identifying rock fall hazards at the Blue Mountains on Wednesday when a landslide 10 metres above hit, killing one of the workers and seriously injuring the others.

The injured men, 26 and 27, were in the process of being winched to safety but their colleague, whose age has not yet been released by police, was not as fortunate.

National Park director David Crust said the contractors were identifying "rock fall hazard" when the landslide hit around 11.40am at Wentworth Falls.

A full risk assessment had been done. "It was part of a programmed work," Mr Crust said.

"The matter is now under investigation. It's a tragic event."

Superintendent Darryl Jobson said the operation to rescue the two survivors was "sensitive".

"It took about one hour for emergency responders to access the site," Superintendent Jobson told reporters at the scene.

"This is an ongoing operation. The priority is the safety of our responders."

The NSW Ambulance service said one of the survivors "has suffered multiple fractures and is currently being transported by helicopter to Westmead Hospital in a serious condition"."The other patient remains on scene a stable condition, awaiting extrication by helicopter," they said.

It was reported the man who died will not be removed on Wednesday and will remain under police guard. A report will be prepared for the coroner.

Emergency services responded to reports of people injured in the rock fall. Critical care paramedics had been winched in to assess the patients, and rescue teams from police and fire and rescue were also on scene.

Police said the trio were not tourists.

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Mike Burgess told the ABC he was bushwalking below the mountainside track that collapsed when he heard a "big explosion" that sounded "like dynamite going off".

"But I knew it wouldn't be dynamite, it would be a big slab," he said.

Scenery at the National Pass, near where the accident occurred.

Photo: Johan Palsson

"We heard all the blooming rocks smash down through the bush … right after that I heard a bloke scream.

"I'd say there were some pretty bad injuries down there."

Efforts to rescue the two men were expected to be "protracted", an ambulance spokesman said, and could be hampered by the weather which he said looked to be turning bad.

Fifteen ambulance crews including three rescue helicopters were responding to the incident.

One Fire and Rescue crew was also on the scene and two more were on their way, a Fire and Rescue NSW spokesman said.

A command post has been established at the end of Falls Road, where officers from Blue Mountains Local Area Command, police rescue, Polair and National Parks and Wildlife Service are also on the scene.

Police asked members of the public to avoid the area.

An announcement on the National Parks and Wildlife Service website says Wentworth Pass is closed "due to a rockfall on National Pass".

The pass closure affects the Den Fenella walking track, National Pass and the Wentworth Pass loop walking track.

Large rocks previously fell on the National Pass walking track at Wentworth Falls in November last year.

After further signs of increasing instability the track was temporarily closed in September this year, following an assessment of overhead rock stability.

"Falls of this nature occur throughout the park and the procedures are to help ensure the safety of everyone," NPWS Blue Mountains acting area manager Arthur Henry said at the time.

The September closure covered the area between Valley of the Waters and Slack Stairs, "due to the risk of further falls from a dangerous, unstable section of rock above the walking track".

It remains unclear if this is the same portion of the track.

The National Pass walk attracts 90,000 visitors annually.

SafeWork NSW has been notified about the incident.

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Mudslide in southern Chile kills five, at least 15 missing

A mudslide on Saturday tore through a small village in southern Chile near a popular national park, leaving five people dead and at least 15 missing after a night of torrential downpours, authorities said.

A video taken from a helicopter by Chilean police showed a vast swath of the remote town of Villa Santa Lucia, near Chaiten in coastal Patagonia, buried beneath the mud as the landslide plowed its way down a flooded river valley.

Four Chileans and a male tourist whose name and nationality have not been disclosed were died in the mudslide, authorities said.

Rescue workers were continuing to search through the debris for at least 15 people.

The mudslide also destroyed a school and several homes and roadways as well as a voting center ahead of Chile´s presidential election on Sunday.

President Michelle Bachelet declared the area a disaster zone.

"I have ordered rescue workers to put all the necessary resources toward protecting the people of Villa Santa Lucia," she said on social media.

More than 4.5 inches (11.4 cm) of rain fell in 24 hours, the country's Interior Ministry said, but weather conditions were expected to improve later in the day.

Villa Santa Lucia borders Chile's Corcovado National Park, a popular tourist region of volcanoes, fjords and vast forests.

The nearby Chaiten volcano erupted in 2008, forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents.

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UK’s iconic Seven Sisters cliffs caught on camera shattering, falling into sea 

The footage was uploaded to social media and has since gone viral, garnering more than 7,000 views in less than 24 hours.

The footage, taken by a National Trust staffer, was filmed at the Seven Sisters beauty spot at Birling Gap in East Sussex at the height of the storm. Winds of up to 80mph battered the coast, apparently taking the cliffs down with them.

“During the recent storm, there was a cliff fall on the chalk cliffs at the Seven Sisters," a National Trust spokesperson said.

“This was captured on video by a member of the National Trust team. This stands as a reminder of the danger of standing near the cliff edge and we advise visitors to act sensibly when visiting the area.”

The National Trust looks after 775 miles of coastline around England, Wales and Northern Ireland, including the white cliffs. More than 350,000 tourists visit Birling Gap and Seven Sisters cliffs annually, but in recent years visitors have been warned to stay well clear of the edge due to recent erosion and to a horrific accident last year.

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Debris and mud covered parts of the 101 freeway in Montecito, Calif., on Tuesday.CreditMike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department, via Associated Press

CARPINTERIA, Calif. — First came the fires. Now come the floods.

Heavy rains lashed the hillsides of Santa Barbara County on Tuesday, sending one boy hurtling hundreds of yards in a torrent of mud before he was rescued from under a freeway overpass. His father, though, was still missing. A 14-year-old girl was buried under a mountain of mud and debris from a collapsed home before being pulled to safety by rescuers as helicopters circulated overhead, searching for more victims.

Still, those children could count themselves among the lucky.

At least 13 people — and possibly more, the authorities warned — were killed on Tuesday as a vast area northwest of Los Angeles, recently scorched in the state’s largest wildfire on record, became the scene of another disaster, as a driving rainstorm, the heaviest in nearly a year, triggered floods and mudslides.

The wreckage of the downpour, coming so soon after the wildfires, was not a coincidence but a direct result of the charred lands, left vulnerable to quickly forming mudslides.

For residents and emergency workers, still weighing the devastation of the fires, it was a day of grim rituals resumed: road closings, evacuations, downed power lines, heroic rescues and a search for the dead.

“There’s still lots of areas that we haven’t been able to get to due to debris blocking roadways,” said Mike Eliason, a public information officer for the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.

And that figure was compiled before the heavy rains struck California this week. Fires have been a scourge of California — dozens of people were killed in wildfires in Northern California in the fall — but rains bring their own perils, especially in places where the earth has been scorched by fire, leaving it susceptible to floods and dangerous mudslides.

Hundreds of emergency workers, many of whom had weeks earlier battled the massive fire that denuded hillsides and made the dirt so unstable, searched on Tuesday for survivors with the help of Coast Guard helicopters and heavy equipment to clear blocked roads. And flooding and mudslides closed a stretch of Highway 101, a crucial artery along the coast south from Santa Barbara, as well as portions of the 110 freeway.

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Emergency workers search through debris and damaged homes after a mudslide in Montecito, Calif., on Tuesday. CreditSanta Barbara County Fire Department

As the mud rushed into lower-lying neighborhoods in Montecito, a wealthy hillside community where many celebrities have homes, the power went out and gas lines were severed, said Thomas Tighe, a resident.

Sometime after 2 a.m. Mr. Tighe heard a loud rumbling, which he took to be boulders crashing down the hills. In the dark of the night, he could make out his cars floating away. Wearing a wet suit and booties, he used an ax to break down the fences around his house, which had been holding back the mud.

By dawn the devastation — and human toll — became clearer. Just 50 feet from Mr. Tighe’s home, firefighters found a body, wedged up against a neighbor’s car. Down the street, a couple and their three children, including an infant, sought safety on their roof.

“The neighborhood got pummeled,” Mr. Tighe said. “We were lucky in the scope of things.”

Anticipating the floods, Santa Barbara County officials issued a mandatory evacuation order on Sunday evening for roughly 7,000 residents, but most chose to stay in their homes.

“We went door to door,” said Gina DePinto, the communications manager for Santa Barbara County. “But many refused to leave.”

Across Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties, even in areas spared the worse of the floods, people were once again weighing the attractions of California life against its dangers.

For the second time in a month, Mark Carrillo, who lives in the coastal community of Carpinteria, ignored orders to evacuate his home at the top of a hill. During the fires last month, he decided to stay put to make sure no embers landed on his roof.

“There’s no place I’d rather be in the world,” he said.

Mr. Eliason, the fire department spokesman, said he worked with a team of firefighters that rescued eight people, including the 14-year-old girl who was in a house that was forced off its foundation and crashed into a stand of trees. It took two hours for firefighters to cut her out of the debris.

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Firefighters successfully rescued a 14 year-old girl, second from right, after she was trapped for hours inside a destroyed home in Montecito on Tuesday.CreditSanta Barbara County Fire Department

Creeks that during much of the year would only have a trickle of water burst their banks and “went where they wanted to go,” Mr. Eliason said.

“It was waist deep in the worst kind of mud you can think of,” he said. “You sink when you walk into it. You can’t pull your legs out.”

The rains began several hours after midnight Tuesday and in some cases fell an inch per hour; by late afternoon the highest recordings of total rainfall were in a section of Ventura County, where more than five inches had fallen in Ortega Hill. Over the weekend, as forecasts began calling for rain, the authorities began warning of possibly dangerous floods and mudslides in the area that had been consumed by wildfires in what was known as the Thomas Fire, which burned over 280,000 acres last month spanning Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties, and became California’s largest wildfire on record.

As rescuers searched for survivors on Tuesday afternoon, the weather forecast, at least, offered a respite. According to the National Weather Service, the rains would taper off by nighttime, and the rest of the week was forecast to be dry and clear.

Jonathan W. Godt, who coordinates the landslide hazards program at the United States Geological Survey, said the area of the Thomas Fire was prone to debris flows for two reasons: the terrain and the nature of the fire.

“That’s some really rugged topography,” Dr. Godt said, with steep slopes and elevation differences.

The fire, in a mostly chaparral landscape, also burned exceptionally hot, Dr. Godt said. A fire changes the physical properties of the soil, making it less absorbent. “It becomes much more erodible,” he said.

As rainwater runs off and flows downhill, it picks up soil, trees, boulders and other debris and eventually collects in a stream channel. The mix of water and debris, often with a consistency close to wet concrete, can then continue traveling at high speed down the streambed.

“You bring that down at 20 miles per hour and it can do a lot of damage,” Dr. Godt said.

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Two killed as Kota Marudu road collapses in landslide

KOTA MARUDU: Two people were killed when a stretch of a Kota Marudu-Ranau road here collapsed this morning.

The two – a motorcyclist and the pillion rider – tumbled into a ravine and were buried in a landslide.

District police chief Superintendent Mohd Izaan Abdullah said they were alerted to the incident along Jalan Marak Parak at 7.30am by the district Fire and Rescue Department.

"A police team was deployed to the site, where both victims were found (dead)," he said.

As of 10.30am, police have yet to identify the victims.

Two people – a motorcyclist and the pillion rider – tumbled into a ravine and were buried in a landslide when a stretch of a Kota Marudu-Ranau road here collapsed this morning. Pix courtesy of Police

12.30pm UPDATE

After digging through layers of mud and debris, police here have located and retrieved the bodies of two people who were on a motorcycle when a landslide caused a stretch of the Kota Marudu-Ranau road to collapse.

The motorcyclist has been identified as Jaiman Bien, 39, and his pillion rider has been named as Edmond James, 22.

When the road suddenly collapsed, the two men tumbled into a ravine and were buried under a landslide.

Fourteen firefighters from the Kota Marudu and Ranau Fire and Rescue Departments were despatched to the scene after receiving a distress call at 7.20am.

In a statement, the Sabah Fire and Rescue Headquarters said that firefighters used shovels to dig through the debris to search for the missing duo.

“The first victim was found at 8.31am and the second victim was pulled out at 9.28am. The two bodies have been handed over to the police for the next course of action,” it said.

A red Honda EX5 motorcycle was also retrieved from beneath the mass of earth.

The search and rescue (SAR) operation also involved a team from the Civil Defence Department and the police.

Sabah Civil Defence Department director Colonel Kamal Mokthar said that Kota Marudu has been hit by heavy rain over the last two days.

“The landslide involved a 30m stretch of road. At the moment, vehicles are still able to pass through the stretch via one lane.

“The district Public Works Department and a concession party have inspected the affected area. The concession team has been instructed to put up a warning sign at the site,” he added.

Slow-moving landslide has Washington town on high alert.

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Landslide threatens three-story hillside home in Malibu

01/17/2018 - 20:19

An active landslide Wednesday afternoon was threatening a three-story hillside home in Malibu, authorities said

Building and safety officials were responding to the home in the 2800 block of Hume Road to determine the stability of the land, said Bernard Peters, supervising dispatcher with the Los Angeles County Fire Department

It’s unclear whether anyone was inside the home when the slide began, but authorities at the scene were told to deny entry, Peters said

Aerial footage from the scene showed movement in the hillside behind the home.

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Buildings in danger after Schenectady mudslide

One person had to be dug out with shovels, flown to Albany Med

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More than 70 homes collapsed after landslide in Tijuana BC

Tijuana, Mexico (February 03, 2018) .- A landslide caused the destruction of around 70 homes southwest of Tijuana without reports of injuries. The slide of the hill dragged along houses, light poles, water pipes and drainage, as well as paved streets in just four hours, according to witnesses and municipal authorities.

The most severe landslide occurred between 10:00 pm on Friday and 02:00 am on Saturday, according to the director of Civil Protection, Rito Portugal.

“We are talking about a total of ​​70 homes totally destroyed,” he said. the official.

In a tour conducted by reporters of REFORMA newspaper on Saturday Feb. 3, witnesses stated that they noticed movements and cracks in the streets and main avenues for the last 15 days, so they notified the delegate of San Antonio de los Buenos, Maria Guadalupe Barrón Uribe, but did not obtain any answer or support whatsoever.

Municipal Civil Protection did notify dozens of houses that were at risk of collapse, placed red stamps on them, and families managed to leave in time between Friday night and Saturday morning.

“There was a very loud thunder,” said María Isabel González Ramos, “house were falling to pieces, there was wood, stones and cement all over the place since Monday, and things start getting worse by Tuesday, and Wednesday, the ground was literally sinking, until we could no longer enter or exit our house, we had to jump over the cracks in order to get our stuff out the house last night. ”

On Saturday morning, dozens of families were taking their belongings from their houses in Colonia Lomas del Rubí, just minutes before the landslide detroy them. Armchairs, beds, stoves, gas tanks, TV screens as well as pets and vehicles.

Patricia Hernández Sáenz, 40, mother of six children, who now spends the night in a tent, did not have time to take her furniture out of her house last night. She managed to get some clothing, personal documents and a tent, where she is currently spending the night with her family. Patricia is originally from Puebla.

“We told the delegate of San Antonio de los Buenos, that the land was sliding little by little”, Saénz mentioned.

For 25 years, Hernández Sáenz has lived in Colonia Lomas del Rubí and she never saw something like this.

Tijuana’s director of Civil Protection, Rito Portugal, stressed that Municipal Social Development will give 10 thousand pesos to each affected family so they can pay for the first month of rent.

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Drone’s eye view: Massive landslide keeping road to Terwilliger Hot Springs closed east of Eugene-Springfield

The Register-Guard

12:00 a.m., Feb. 12, 2018

BLUE RIVER — The massive rock pile blocking the main route to Terwilliger Hot Springs would fill about 800 dump trucks.

A big roadwork job awaits, but the hard part of the predicament is figuring out where to put all the rock. Federal officials have two options: push the pile toward Cougar Lake below or haul the earth away, truckload by truckload.

“It’s because of the safety risk above,” she said last week during a visit to the site of the impressive slide, continues.....

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Horror on Mount Hood: Climber dies after falling 1,000 feet from Oregon's tallest peak and seven others are stranded for hours due to tumbling rocks and falling ice

• A man died after falling up to 1,000 feet from Mount Hood in Oregon on Tuesday
• At least seven others spent several hours stranded on the face of the mountain with tumbling rocks and falling ice
• A group of four people were assisted by rescuers late on Tuesday 
• Rescuers used a sled and a rope system to bring down a woman who said she was unable to move
• A group of three other people descended on their own 

A climber has died after falling up to 1,000 feet from Oregon's tallest peak and at least seven others spent several hours stranded on the face of the mountain with tumbling rocks and falling ice.

The man fell from Mount Hood in northern Oregon on Tuesday and was airlifted to a Portland hospital where he was pronounced dead. 

By the time rescue crews arrived he was bleeding, had injuries to his face and his respiration was on and off. Authorities have not released his identity.

More than a half-dozen had been climbing near Mount Hood's 11,000 foot peak when they encountered the tumbling rocks and falling ice. 

One man died and at least seven others were stranded on Mount Hood in Oregon on Tuesday due to tumbling rocks and falling ice. They were rescued late on Tuesday

Two groups of climbers spent much of the day stranded high on the slopes, but slowly made their way down the mountain.

A group of four people, which included a climber who had been hurt and was having difficulty walking, were assisted by rescuers. 

Rescuers used a sled and a rope system to bring down a woman who said she was unable to move. She arrived at the Timberline Lodge just before 8pm. 

A group of three other people descended on their own.

Randy Lee, 44, was descending from near the summit shortly before noon when he met a group of climbers who said their companion had just fallen some 1,000 feet.

'They said he tumbled. They said it looked like he was doing cartwheels,' Lee told Reuters. 

A landslide in Central Java Province, Indonesia, has left 7 people dead and 13 missing. 

Indonesia's disaster management authority, BNPB, said that the areas is still unsafe and land is still moving and there is a danger of aftershocks. https://www.sott.net/article/378176-7-dead-13-missing-following-lan...

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Landslide Shuts Greece's Corinth Canal

Mon 26th February 2018 | 11:19 PM

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All lanes of Route 7 (also considered part of US-52) in Lawrence County are shut down in the Chesapeake area due to a large rock slide. 

The slide took place just before 7:30 a.m.

According to the Ohio Department of Transportation, the rock slide has closed the section of the four-lane area between the 0.0- and the 1.0-mile markers near Chesapeake as a result of the slide.

All lanes are closed near C.R. 124 (Tallow Ridge Road), east of the U.S. 52 interchange and the 6th Street Bridge to West Virginia. 

Motorists will be detoured via the 6th and 17th Street bridges in West Virginia. 

Another detour, Old US-52, is closed due to flooding near the high school, which will cause further delays.

No injuries are reported.

Crews are on their way to begin clearing the scene.

We will provide more information on this developing story as soon as we receive it.

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LEX 18 Traffic Tracker: Mudslide Shuts Down Owen County Road

Posted: Feb 26, 2018 12:54 PM EST

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LANDSLIDE ON LADY YOUNG; COMMUTERS ADVISED TO SEEK ALTERNATIVE ROUTES

LANDSLIDE ON LADY YOUNG; COMMUTERS ADVISED TO SEEK ALTERNATE ROUTES

A landslide on the Lady Young Road, about half a mile from the Morvant Junction, has made the road impassable, the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has confirmed. The landslide, which only recently occurred (within the hour), has cut off the flow of traffic just before the evening rush hour is due to start.

A spokesman from the Local Government told Newsday that a team from the San Juan Laventille Regional Corporation had been dispatched to clear the rubble and to conduct search and rescue activities.

The ministry said one vehicle was partially covered by rubble but the driver had been moved to safety.

Former Transport Minister Devant Maharaj was traveling along the Lady Young when the landslide happened, Maharaj said he "just escaped death," but he witnessed the landslide intercept a car he said belonged to former St Ann's East MP Joanne Thomas. He said he later took "a shaken" Thomas to a relative's home.

Maharaj's car was behind Thomas, he said, and his own had "narrowly escaped being covered by falling debris."

The Ministry also posted an update on its Facebook page stating that the driver of the vehicle caught in the landslide has been moved to safety. It is also advising motorists in the area to "exercise extreme caution."

A smaller landslide had occurred earlier in the day, the spokesman said, and while some material had fallen onto the carriageway, it was still passable. The recent rains, he added, had saturated the soil, so as fast as the Corporation had been clearing, material kept falling, until it ultimately manifested in this larger landslide.

This is a developing story

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Massive landslide engulfs beach huts in tons of falling rock at popular tourist hotspot in Cornwall

• One of the cliffs surrounding Lusty Glaze Beach, near Newquay in Cornwall, collapsed on Monday 
• Pictures taken today show damaged beach huts after tons of rock came crashing down at the tourist spot
• The area has been cordoned off as a number of beach huts on the north edge of the site suffered damage  

One of the cliffs surrounding Lusty Glaze Beach near Newquay, Cornwall, collapsed on Monday.

Tons of rock came crashing down and engulfed a row of beach huts at the tourist hotspot.

The area has been cordoned off and nearby business owners have issued a statement saying they hope the area will be reopened shortly.

A spokesperson for Lusty Glaze Beach beachfront resort said: 'On Monday, March 5 at 4pm, Lusty Glaze Beach experienced a rock fall which damaged a number of beach huts which were being used for storage, on the north edge of the site.

'We would like to assure all customers that the beach, restaurant and all regular facilities are operating as normal.

'There is a small area immediately adjacent to the huts that is cordoned off whilst we are working.

'The team anticipate that the area will be reinstated within a short amount of time.'

Pictures taken today show a huge landslide that has engulfed several huts at a popular beach after part of a cliff collapsed 

 

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Landslide in central Croatia destroys houses amid floods

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SUN VALLEY (CBSLA) –A powerful storm drenching Los Angeles County brought down a hillside along an already-closed stretch of the La Tuna Canyon Road burn area Thursday morning in Sun Valley.

(Los Angeles County Fire Department)

Sometime before 10:30 a.m., a hillside about 50 feet high and 70 feet wide collapsed about one mile north of the 8300 block of La Tuna Canyon, according to the L.A. County Fire Department.

Indonesia: Subulussalam City getting worse due to landslides continue to occur in recent months.

Mar 24, 2018

Damage to the national road body precisely in the Village Cepu, Penanggalan Subdistrict, Subulussalam City getting worse due to landslides continue to occur in recent months. . Amatan portalsatu.com, Saturday, March 24, 2018, the point of landslide is on the right direction to Medan continues to widen with a depth of dozens of meters so that the shape of a large cliff.

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Indonesia: Landslide again occurred in the area of Tourism Peak, Bogor, West Java.

Mar 29, 2018

Landslide re-occur in the Peak region. This time the landslide occurred in seputaran Peak pass, precisely in the Cianjur region. In the disaster the ground collapsed with a depth of 40 m and a length of approximately 150 meters.

Kapolres Cianjur AKBP Soliyah said the landslide occurred around 20:45 pm. From the results of checking officers Police and Public Works there are three buildings RM. The crashed Peak Pass (collapsed), including rooms and kitchens.

"TKP Landslide location Peak Pass-Cianjur back collapsed with a depth of 40 m and a length of approximately 150 m. Until now there is still movement of the ground if there is vibration or movement of the vehicle both two wheels and four wheels, "he told reporters on Wednesday (28/3/2018).

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Indonesia: Landslide disaster occurred in the area of Puncak Pas, Cipanas District.

Mar 28, 2018

Landslide disaster occurred in the area of Puncak Pas, Cipanas District, Cianjur Regency, Wednesday (28/3/2018) night. As a result, three buildings were reportedly collapsed.

According to information from Kapolres Cianjur AKBP Soliyah, landslide occurred on Wednesday night at around 20:45 pm. The landslide is suspected to be triggered by an ablution on the bronjong that was installed at the post-landslide location in the area some time ago. Bronjong is collapsed as deep as 40 meters with a length of approximately 150 meters.

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Afghanistan: Three dead, 6 injured in Kohistan landslide 

Mar 29, 2018

KOHISTAN: March 29, 2018: At least three people were dead and 6 others were wounded as land sliding in Kohitan, here on Thursday.

According to the details, an incident was occurred when 10 labour were working of digging on a construction site and suddenly hill started falling. As a result three laboure were dead and 10 others were wounded.

The locals and police reached on the spot and rescued the labour from debris of landslide.

The sources told that the rescue work is still continue for searching for 6 other labour under the debris. (01)

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Landslide closes State Route 83 in Washington County

Mar 30, 2018

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ohio (WTAP) - State Route 83 in Washington County is closed at State Route 60 because a landslide has damaged a section of the road.

The landslide happened on Thursday and was the result of rain that has soaked the Mid-Ohio Valley over the past couple of days, according to a spokesman for the Ohio Department of Transportation District 10 office in Marietta.

The spokesman says the road will remain closed indefinitely while ODOT hires an outside contractor to make repairs.

Meanwhile, work is continuing on another landslide that resulted in the closing of Route 7 north of Newport while crews build temporary pavement.

The work is on schedule, according to the ODOT spokesman, who says a section of Route 7 is expected to re-open on Monday.

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Indonesia: Landslide in Kampung Templek Bondowoso.

Mar 03, 2018

Landslides occurred on the banks of the river Dusun Kampung Templek, Dabasah Village, District / District Bondowoso, East Java, Monday (2/4). As a result, three houses belonging to Dullah (60), Buchori (50), and Sulis (52), all residents of RT 29 / RW 07 Dusun Kampung Templek are threatened to collapse.

The condition of the rear building wall of the three houses was cracked. In addition, about half of the rear building of the three remaining residents houses have been hanging, due to the land of the poles supporting the landslide.

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Landslide causes portion of Route 30, apartment building to collapse in East Pittsburgh

Saturday, April 7, 2018, 11:00 a.m.

A portion of Route 30 in East Pittsburgh, along with a nearby apartment building, collapsed early Saturday as an ongoing landslide worsened, according to officials.

The building collapsed around 5 a.m., causing authorities to evacuate that building and three others, said Lori Payne, East Pittsburgh police chief.

The complex was occupied at the time, but no one was injured, Payne said.

Officials evacuated two buildings of the complex Friday, and the remaining four were evacuated Saturday after the collapse, Payne said.

One building completely collapsed and two others are damaged so far, Payne said.

PennDOT is paying for hotels for the residents.

Route 30 is closed in both directions, Payne said.

The borough has not had issues with landslides in the area before this week, Payne said.

A couple houses were evacuated along the borough's border with North Braddock for a separate landslide issue, Payne said.

More residents along Electric Avenue may have to relocate because they may lose power, Payne said.

India: 2 Killed In Uttarakhand Landslide, Rescue Operations underway

Apr 07. 2018

Dehradun: a landslide has occurred in the state of Uttarakhand. In this incident, as many as two people are reported dead and as many as three people are feared injured.

The landslide has occurred at the NH 58 highway in the state which is located in Devprayag. Initial reports have hinted that rescue operations underway. In the debris, many are feared trapped.

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6 unaccounted for after landslide in southwestern Japan

KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 09:16

Oita, Japan.

Six people are unaccounted for following a landslide in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Wednesday, local authorities said.

Three houses were buried in the landslide after a mountain slope collapsed around 3:50 a.m. in the town of Yabakei, police said. The six people are aged in their 20s to 90s, according to the municipal government of Nakatsu

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Sri Lanka: Landslide warning two districts Ratnapura, Kegalle

Apr 10, 2018

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