"The causes of landslides are not a mystery to mankind. Layers of rock and soil such that rain running along a clay or rock layer can create a slippery surface for the weight of the layers above it is a common cause. A rock jumble from previous mountain building, broken or fractured rock easily dislodged. We have stated that the earthquakes man experiences between the periodic passages of Planet X can be considered aftershocks from the last passage, and this is true of landslides also. Mountain building rumples the landscape, so the land is not flat but has steep ravines and hill sides. Older mountain ranges are recognized for their rounded or smoothed appearance, because of frequent landslides distributing the rubble.
"As we approach another passage, another Pole Shift, the pace of landslides has picked up. Why would this be? Plates under pressure will put pressure on regions that contain rumpled hillsides and deep ravines, as these give more readily than strictly flat land, thus act as a weak link. In addition, due to the wobble, the weather has gotten more extreme, with drought and deluge increasing in extremes. Dry ground, suddenly flooded with rainwater needing to seek its level as runoff, will create internal water slides between the rock and soil layers that constitute the rumpled hillsides. Is there an early warning system that mankind could use? The trembles that soil about to slide emits could be detected, yes. These are not earthquakes, and have their own frequency. "
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https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/99359086/it-has-happened-again-sec...
Last updated 15:30, November 29 2017
A second landslide has torn away another chunk of a car park in Auckland's Birkenhead, and is creeping towards businesses.
What began as a crack in the public car park in August, has steadily worsened. The back half of Rawene Rd car park slipped down a gorge on October 8.
Now, a second landslide has appeared directly next to the initial slip, on the western side, and the edge of it is a lot closer to the back of Birkenhead's Mokoia Rd shops.
Another slip as torn away part of Birkenhead's Rawene Rd car park, and it's creeping closer to businesses.
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.
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.
The kerb joining the road to the pavement is split apart like a broken zipper.
"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.
A second slip hits Birkenhead, a little over a month after the October incident.
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.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4927832/One-dead-one-injure...
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.
https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7f4_1505170494
Impressive footage has emerged of melting permafrost slowing churning up grassland on the Tibetan Plateau.
The video, filmed in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in China's southwestern Qinghai Province on September 7, shows mud and grass being churned up in a process known as solifluction phenomenon.
It happens because permafrost is impermeable to water - any soil on top of it may become waterlogged and slide downslope due to gravity.
Several families and a farm were affected by the incident.
The farm has had to relocate.
https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/heavy-rains-lash-west-sikki...
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.
e.vnexpress.net/news/news/landslides-kill-2-injure-7-in-vietnam-s-northern-mountains-3636707.html
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.
https://www.kcaw.org/2017/09/04/landslide-closes-halibut-point-road...
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.
https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/landslide-obstructs-vehicular-m...
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.
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/
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/one-dead-37-missing-after-landslide-hit...
BEIJING - A landslide Monday buried dozens of homes in southern China, killing one person and leaving 37 missing, the local government said.
The side of a mountain crashed down on the homes of 34 families on the outskirts of the city of Bijie around midday, the Guizhou provincial government said on its microblog.
It said rescue teams had been dispatched along with tents, blankets and other emergency supplies.
There was no immediate word on the cause, although southern China has been battered in recent days by a pair of typhoons bringing heavy rain that can saturate soil and destabilize steep land.
The storms caused more than a dozen deaths in the casino hub of Macau and southern China's Guangdong province over the last week.
Mountainous Guizhou is one of China's poorest provinces and the provincial government estimated losses at more than 5.1 million yuan ($768,000).
Eight missing after Switzerland landslide
August 24, 2017
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/08/24/europe/switzerland-landslide/inde...
(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
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/95968810/cliff-collapse-swallows-b...
Last updated 13:33, August 21 2017
A sudden collapse of a 10-metre cliff has swallowed a backyard in East Auckland.
Real estate agent Ben Dellabarca and his flat mate were walking his dogs long Eastern Beach around midday on Sunday when the pair noticed rocks coming off the rock face.
All of a sudden a massive hunk of dirt, debris, trees and what seemed to be a retaining wall fell away, crashing onto the beach below.
A cliff collapsed, taking the back yard, fence and trees with it at Auckland's Eastern Beach.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgJ61Cvx6kQ
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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