Landslides

[Robyn Appleton]

Major landslide occurred in Pakyong district, Sikkim, India 6/23/26

"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

[Andrey Eroshin]

Roads and buildings damaged by landslide in southern Italy

04.12.13. Roads were ripped apart and some buildings collapsed in the town of Montescaglioso in the south of the country.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25208090

[Tracie Crespo]

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=656960

Landslide threatens 40 homes in East Jerusalem

Published yesterday (updated) 13/12/2013 19:46

(MaanImages)

 

BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Landslides occurred Friday in an East Jerusalem neighborhood as a result of heavy snow accumulation, threatening at least 40 nearby houses located on lands previously weakened by Israeli authorities' excavations nearby, a local group said.

Landslides led to the degradation of hillsides in the Ain al-Lowza neighborhood of Silwan, opening cracks and threatening 40 nearby houses with potential destruction, the Wadi Helwa Information Center said.

A statement from the group said previous excavations by Israel to build a wall through the area have caused extensive damage to the ground, and the effects of the storm have exacerbated the negative effects.

The majority of the landslides occurred in a large plot of land owned by local resident Abu Tayeh where 40 homes have been built.

Abu Tayeh said it was the first time he had experienced such a severe problem on his land, blaming Israeli authorities for failing to complete work they had started on a neighborhood wall.

"The Israeli municipality does not weigh the value of people's lives," he said. 

"They are responsible for causing this collapse, and we demand the completion of the construction of the fence."

[KM]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2523067/Boulder-size-elepha...

Boulder the size of an elephant crushes entire house and instantly kills two inhabitants in Utah landslide

• Two storey wooden building was reduced to pile of splinters by huge rock
  
• It came rolling down a nearby valley after a landslide near Rockville, Ohio
  
• The unsuspecting victims were inside the property when it was flattened

By Aaron Sharp

PUBLISHED: 09:58 GMT, 13 December 2013 | UPDATED: 11:31 GMT, 13 December 2013

Two people have been killed after a rock slide sent a giant boulder rolling down a valley and onto the roof of their two storey home.

The house in Rockville, Utah, was completely demolished by the rock, which crushed the entire wooden structure of the building, leaving behind a scene of complete devastation.

When emergency services arrived at the scene, shortly after 5pm yesterday, they found the splintered remains of the home buried under the weight of the gigantic boulder which stood at a height of around 15ft.

Devastation: Two people were inside the house which was at the bottom of a steep incline close to one of the area's major highways

Tragic: Giant boulders almost as big as the building flattened the structure completely, leaving behind a pile crushed walls and windows

The town is located on the main highway through Zion National Park, NBC station KSL in Salt Lake City reported.

Rockville’s mayor, Dan McGuire, told local press that the earth close to the road gave way causing a landslide which carried tons of soil and rocks on to the home at the bottom of a steep incline.

McGuire said the house 'just flattened out' when the debris hit.

Emergency crews responded to the slide but their work has been hampered by the dangerous conditions overhead.

Rescue efforts were suspended until this morning because of dangerous conditions.

A similar incident in 2002 saw another home destroyed but no one was harmed.

Recovery: Emergency crews began working at the scene but were forced to call off their search due to the risk of further falling debris

Disaster scene: A family car can be seen parked outside the home in Rockville Utah. A similar incident crushed a home in 2002 but there were no fatalities

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/131205/l...

December 5, 2013 5:48am

Landslide kills 10 Chinese railway workers

LANZHOU, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- A landslide left ten people dead and 21 injured in northwest China's Gansu Province on Wednesday night, local authorities said on Thursday afternoon.

The landslide occurred around 8:30 p.m., burying workers' prefabricated houses in the city of Longnan, according to the provincial work safety authority.

The houses were in a residential area for workers digging a tunnel for the Lanzhou-Chongqing Railway.

The injured are being treated in a local hospital. Three are in serious condition.

Copyright 2013 Xinhua News Agency.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-01/nine-killed-in-indonesian-lan...

Nine killed by landslide on Indonesia's Sumatra island

Posted 8 hours 16 minutes ago

Nine people were killed by a landslide on Indonesia's Sumatra island on Saturday, officials have confirmed.

"Heavy rains from Saturday evening till night triggered a landslide in the hilly area of Berastagi sub-district in North Sumatra," said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for the National Disaster Mitigation Agency.

"Nine people were killed," he said, including four children aged between two and 10.

Local military official Meyer Putong, who was involved in rescue operations, said nobody was reported missing.

"They lived close to the river so the rush of rain water last night broke the riverbanks. The victims were either buried under their houses or swept by the surging waters," he added.

Indonesia is regularly affected by deadly floods and landslides during its wet season, which lasts for around six months.

Environmentalists blame logging and a failure to reforest denuded land for exacerbating flooding.

[Kojima]

Matelot residents marooned after landslides [103FM Radio; 28 November, 2013]

Some Matelot residents are at this time marooned due to a massive landslide along the roadway following persistent heavy rainfall.

According to Chairman of the Sangre Grande Regional Corporation Terry Rondon, the area between Gran Riviere and Matelot is covered with dirt and debris.

He laments that residents are helpless especially if they have to get in and out of their community.

Mr Rondon says while officials from the Works Ministry are on site, he claims they do not have proper equipment to clean-up the area.

Mr Rondon also told 103FM News that parts of the Manzanilla stretch are impassable due to flooding.

[Kojima]

Landslide hits Manizales slum; at least 2 killed [Colombia Reports; 29 November, 2013]

A landslide that hit the slums of the western Colombian city of Manizales killed at least two people on Friday.

According to local rescue workers, the landslide occurred early Friday morning after hours of heavy rain.

The victims were inhabitants of six homes in the northern La Avanzada neighborhood that were buried as a result of the landslide.

Initially, local authorities feared for the lives of six people, but were able to lower that number after four missing persons were located.

Local fire department chief Mayor Carlos Alberto Marin told Caracol Radio that the road connecting the capital Bogota to Manizales was blocked because of the rains and landslides.

Landslides in common in the mountainous areas of Colombia during rainy season. The second rainy season of this year is expected to last until mid December.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

Landslide derails train in Iran

http://en.trend.az/regions/iran/2215734.html

Landslide damages railway in Iran

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Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 27

By Umid Niayesh - Trend: Landside damaged some 100 meters of Shirgah-Ghaemshahr railway in the Iranian northern province of Mazandaran, ISNA news agency reported on Nov. 27.

Six freight wagons derailed in the incident. No further details were available at the time of the landslide.

According to the latest reports, damages of the incidents have been fixed and railway has been reopened.

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/828087.shtml

3 dead, 4 buried in Shanxi landslide

Xinhua | 2013-11-27 16:37:25

Three people were killed and four others are buried after a landslide at an open pit coal mine in north China's Shanxi Province on Wednesday morning, local authorities said.

The accident happened at around 8:30 am at the mine which belongs to Shengkai Coal Mining Co., Ltd. in Jiaokou County of Luliang City, according to the county government's information office.

The company said several excavators and cars have been buried underneath earth. Four drivers were rescued but only one survived. Four others remained buried.

Rescue work continues.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.thanhniennews.com/index/pages/20131124-landslides-kill-3...

Landslides kill 4, leave 2 missing in central Vietnam 

Last updated: Sunday, November 24, 2013 20:15

The aftermath of a recent landslide in Quang Ngai Province Friday. Photo courtesy of VnExpress

Heavy rains led to a landslide that killed three men in the south-central province of Phu Yen Saturday night and left another missing.

The bodies of Bui Cong Khai, 30, Truong Quoc Cong, 33, and Pham Ngoc Nghia, 31, were found Saturday night. Security forces are still looking for Luong Ngoc Tinh, 34, who is presumed to be buried somewhere under the debris of soil, rock and fallen trees.

Tran Trong Ky, vice chairman of Tay Hoa District, said: “Many large trees hindered the search.”

Ky said the landside covered nearly 800 meters of mountainside.

Locals said the four men did not return from their trip to the jungle Friday to collect resin.

Meanwhile, authorities in the central province of Quang Ngai are looking for local man Dinh Van Lang, also believed to be buried a landslide that collapsed his house more than a week ago.

They found the body of his wife, Dinh Thi Hiep, earlier this week underground. She had been thrown more than 300 meters from the house.

Their two children are safe as they were not home during the disaster.

Dinh Van Ha, the couple’s neighbor in the mountainous district of Son Tay, said it was pouring rain and he heard an explosion that sounded like a bomb, as rocks started tumbling down en masse.

“Their house was buried, nothing left to see. Maybe we should move,” Ha told news website VnExpress.

Another landslide early on Friday hit three agricultural offices in Son Tay, damaging equipment and burying documents..

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/Landslide-at-Kazigad...

Landslide at Kazigadi hillock destroys 24 houses

Sumita Sarkar & Santosh Sonawane, TNN | Nov 22, 2013, 05.01 AM IST

NASHIK: Residents of as many as 24 houses onthe Kazigadi hillock, overseeing the Godavari river in the old city area, had a narrow escape from a landslide late on Wednesday night. No casualties were reported as the residents, on the alert for the last two days, quickly moved out of their houses when the mud began to give away, fire department officials said.

Local NCP corporator Vinayak Khaire, representing ward number 29, said that for the last two days, the soil on the hillock, located at a height of 30 metres from the river, was giving way. "Around 11.30 pm, when the people on the hillock were still awake, the landslide occurred," he said.

Khaire added that as the houses collapsed one after the other, it gave residents sufficient time to move to safer places. The residents were shifted to the Sant Gadage Maharaj Dharamshala on Thursday morning, but they returned to the empty space on the hillock.

Municipal commissioner Sanjay Khandare said that the houses had come up on private land. "Initially there were few houses of asbestos, gradually their numbers increased and concrete houses started coming up," he said.

The fire brigade received the first call at 12.30 am on Thursday. Immediately, seven to eight fire tenders and a rescue van were rushed to the spot. Nearly 60 firemen were deployed in the rescue operations, evacuating residents from the other houses. Nashik Municipal Corporation employees were involved in clearing the debris till late Thursday evening.

NMC chief fire officer Anil Mahajan said, "When we reached there, residents had already moved to safety as they were aware of the mud sliding away for the last two days. The landslide destroyed 24 houses and additional 40-50 houses are in a dangerous position. We have to vacate at least 65 houses. We have marked a border line for the houses in danger. We will soon give notices to these residents to vacate."

"People are not ready to shift but considering their safety, we may have to forcibly shift them with the help of the police," Mahajan said.

Mahajan said that over 100 firemen along with 30 trainees began the disaster management from 12.30 am and it continued till 3.30 am. As many as 24 dumpers, two earthmovers, around 200 employees of all the departments of the NMC were involved in the rescue operations. He said that it would take at least three more days for the entire operation to be completed and a safety zone created.

"The actual shifting began from 8 am. We shifted them to Sant Gadage Maharaj Dharamshalabut they came back to the empty space near the old mosque just above the place of evacuation," he said.

The residents of the hillock demanded immediate construction of a retention wall, claiming that they were residing there for over 30 years. Khaire blamed the NMC for failing to build the retention wall, while local MP Sameer Bhujbal visited the spot and assured funds from the Centre for the construction of the wall. Political leaders, senior officials from the police department and the NMC visited the spot to take stock of the situation.