Landslides

[Robyn Appleton]

"The causes of landslides are not a mystery to mankind. Layers of rock and soil such that rain running along a clay or rock layer can create a slippery surface for the weight of the layers above it is a common cause. A rock jumble from previous mountain building, broken or fractured rock easily dislodged. We have stated that the earthquakes man experiences between the periodic passages of Planet X can be considered aftershocks from the last passage, and this is true of landslides also. Mountain building rumples the landscape, so the land is not flat but has steep ravines and hill sides. Older mountain ranges are recognized for their rounded or smoothed appearance, because of frequent landslides distributing the rubble.

"As we approach another passage, another Pole Shift, the pace of landslides has picked up. Why would this be? Plates under pressure will put pressure on regions that contain rumpled hillsides and deep ravines, as these give more readily than strictly flat land, thus act as a weak link. In addition, due to the wobble, the weather has gotten more extreme, with drought and deluge increasing in extremes. Dry ground, suddenly flooded with rainwater needing to seek its level as runoff, will create internal water slides between the rock and soil layers that constitute the rumpled hillsides. Is there an early warning system that mankind could use? The trembles that soil about to slide emits could be detected, yes. These are not earthquakes, and have their own frequency. "

ZetaTalk Chat Q&A: March 22, 2014

[KM]

http://strangesounds.org/2015/08/another-giant-crack-opened-up-mexi...

Another giant crack just opened up in Mexico

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

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

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

The huge trench appeared after a strong landslide on a road between San Mateo Tunuchi and San Francisco Higos in the district of Oaxaca on August 11, 2015.

At least 10 families live in the secluded area. The State Coordination of Civil Protection of Oaxaca (CEPCO) will determine whether or not residents have to be evacuated.

In September 2011, the population of Santiago and Santa Cruz Mitlatongo had to be relocated due to a similar landslide caused by water accumulation.

[KM]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/peoplesdaily/article-3194874/Massiv...

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

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

Forty people are believed to be missing following a landslide in central China.

Over a million tonnes of mud and rock inundated the living quarters of a mining company in Shaanxi province at 12.30am local time today, reported the People's Daily Online.

Four workers have been rescued and rushed to hospital for treatment.

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Forty people are believed to be missing following a massive landslide in Shaanxi province, central China

The living quarters of a mining company were left completely buried. Four people have been rescued so far

The landslide hit at 12.30am local time today in Shanyang County. The region has seen heavy rainfall as the remnants of Typhoon Soudelor sweep through the country

Rescue workers and paramedics were rushed to the scene shortly after the landslide and local residents have been evacuated from the area.

The extensive search and rescue operation is still on-going, but efforts have been hampered by bad weather. 

Earlier today, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for an all-out rescue effort to find those who are still missing.

[Derrick Johnson]

Landslide shuts down Highway 89-A; alternate route

COCONINO COUNTY, Ariz. – A portion of highway 89-A in Coconino County, Arizona, is completely shut down Sunday due to a landslide that occurred Sunday afternoon due to heavy storms.

Heavy storms cause mud and rock slide in Coconino County, Arizona, Aug. 9, 2015 | Photo courtesy of Arizona Department of Transportation, St. George News

Highway 89-A is closed between Jacob Lake, Arizona, and Bitter Springs, Arizona, in the House Rock Valley area, west of Marble Canyon.

The road will remain closed until the slide area has been cleared. An estimated time for the road’s reopening is not available as this report is published.

Anyone needing to travel through the area, such as to Flagstaff, Arizona, must detour through Kanab and Page, Arizona, on Highway 89 and over the mountain slope south of Page to Bitter Springs.

According to initial reports from Arizona Department of Transportation workers, there may also be a second landslide in this area due to the rain.

Source: http://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2015/08/09/ccj-89-a-slide-... 

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[Derrick Johnson]

Huge cliff landslide on road in China

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

Dramatic footage has emerged from China of a huge landslide onto a provincial road - triggered by heavy rainfall.

The video, captured on a main road in Qinghai Province, shows a small amount of earth crashing down onto the road before the entire slope collapses, showering rocks and dust.

^{The road is covered in rocks as the landslide crashes down (Newsflare / China-Live)}

According to local reports the road had already been closed after some loose pieces of rock fell onto it - with the main landslide injuring nobody.

The clearance and repairs to the roadway took twenty hours.

^{Huge chunks of rock fall onto the road (Newsflare / China-Live)}

Watch the moment it was caught on camera as the landslide crashes onto the road.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11783070/Huge-... 

[Howard]

Japanese Mountainside Collapses in Epic Landslide (Jul 28)

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

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

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

Source

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

[Mark]

2 die in Cox's Bazar landslip

http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2015/07/27/101741

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

[Mark]

From earthquakes to landslides and potential floods in Nepal

http://news.usc.edu/84235/from-earthquakes-to-landslides-and-potent...

For Nepal, the hits just keep coming.

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

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

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

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

[KM]

http://www.vancouversun.com/business/fp/yourmoney/lake+falling+clif...

This lake is about to fall off a cliff in the Northwest Territories as permafrost melts

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Mark]

Two killed in landslide on Mumbai-Pune Expressway

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

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

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

[Mark]

Red alert as Varunavat Mountain splits, landslides feared

http://zeenews.india.com/news/uttarakhand/red-alert-as-varunavat-mo...

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

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

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

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