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

  

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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.

Photo: Seven News

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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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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Indonesia: Land collapse in Telemow Village.

Apr 11, 2018

The cracked ground had happened a few days ago, and at dawn this landslide destroyed at least 10 houses.

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Indonesia:  Land collaps in Pagerwojo Sub-district 

Apr 12, 2018

Landslides occurred in Pagerwojo Sub-district on Tuesday (10/4) at around 20.00. Precisely in the Village Kradinan and Gondanggunung.

Four houses were damaged and one bridge was broken. The electricity in Kradinan Village was also extinguished because a power pole at the local site was almost collapsed with a landslide. There were no casualties in the incident.

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 A street in Horche sinks after a landslide.

Apr 13, 2018

The rain these days could be after this landslide that has caused the collapse of a street in Horche, in Guadalajara. They collapsed 100 meters of asphalt and, in turn, the slope that protected this road fell on part of a house. Having seen the images, fortunately, it was empty at that moment.

In addition there has been the fall of a wall on part of a house. Mud and rocks have fallen on a house. Barely half a meter wide. And what remains remains in a disturbing balance. At his feet, Antonio's house, engulfed by rocks, dirt and mud. Fortunately, he and his family were not there last night. It was a neighbor, Fernando, who at midnight alerted of what happened.

In the street they were already warned and these fences warned of the risk of collapse. The mudslide has also left several homes without water by breaking a supply pipe that they are trying to repair urgently.

Less than 5 kilometers away, the machinery tries to clear the National 320, as it passes through Tendilla. There also the rain has caused the sliding of tons of stone and mud

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Utah: Riverdale landslide moves closer to homes.

Apr 13, 2018

RIVERDALE, Utah – The latest measurement of a landslide in Riverdale revealed that three to four feet of additional land have recently fallen away — prompting new concerns that three homes situated above the slide are in danger of collapsing down the hillside.

The measurement, taken on Wednesday by geologists with Utah’s Geologic Hazards Program, showed that the new movement took place since April 3, according to Ben Erickson with the Utah Geological Survey.

Erickson said the top of the slide is now about 12 feet from one of the homes above. In all, three homes are under mandatory evacuations with the residents of a neighboring home evacuating voluntarily. If nothing changes, he said it is “inevitable” that the homes will be completely lost.

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More than 70 landslides have hit Pittsburgh this year.

Apr 16, 2018

A landslide in Virginia. 

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A landslide threat created problems for homeowners in Pittsburgh.

Apr 16, 2018

"It's like living next to a time bomb. You don't know when it's gonna go off," said homeowner Joe Gollick.

Gollick's home is just steps from the slide along Lander Street. He said the street has been cracking for years, and city crews have been there and repaved it, but Gollick says, a significant portion of the road fell when the Greenleaf Street landslide happened in February.

"If it gets worse, we're in trouble," said Gollick.

Gollick said the trees that were once level with Lander Street are now sliding down the hillside, and he hasn't been able to access his garage for weeks because of how much of the road has fallen and Gollick said the power company even moved transformers from the utility poles in front of his home, for fear they too could fall down the hill.

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China: Interruption of landslides on the Dulong River Highway in Gongshan County, Nujiang, Yunnan

Apr 16, 2018

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Canada: Washout closes Highway 33 east of Kelowna

Apr 17, 2018

Soil beneath a section of Highway 33 dropped away during a washout Tuesday morning.

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Japan: The landslide that occurred in Takayama-shi.

Apr 17, 2018

According to Takayama-shi, at around 3 pm on Tuesday, the slope surface of Takane-shi Takane-machi Ikekei-dong collapsed for about 20 meters in width and about 30 meters in height, soil and sand covered the road. Nobody was injured.

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Canada: Property evacuated after mudslide closes Highway 3A.

Apr 18, 2018

A mudslide has closed Highway 3A between Castlegar and Nelson just north of the Brilliant Dam.

A mudslide has closed Highway 3A between Castlegar and Playmor Junction (Hwy 3A and 6 Junction) in both directions just north of the Brilliant Dam.

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