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. "
A family home is left teetering over the edge of a cliff after a landslide on the hillside supporting it caused the patio to collapse.
The home in Grand Terrace, San Bernadino County, Southern California, has been evacuated after the landslide which caused 25-foot-wide fissure shortly before 8am yesterday morning.
San Bernardino County fire department said authorities were called to the home in Grand Terrace after the slide undercut part of the home's patio and went back some 15 feet.
Housing crash: The home in Grand Terrace, Southern California, is seen teetering on the edge after the landslide
A landslide hit Kaili City, southwest China's Guizhou Province in the early hours of April 16, blocking a provincial highway.
Several thousand cubic meters of rock blocked more than 80 meters of the highway, destroyed communication wires, a house and a sight-seeing pavilion, in Longchang Town, Kaili City. No casualties were reported.
Local authorities are checking the losses. Road workers have arrived at the scene to clear debris. The mountain is unstable.
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, earthmovers remove rocks and mud on the scene where a landslide hit a mining area in Maizhokunggar County of Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, on Friday, March 29, 2013.
Gillian Wong, The Associated Press Published Friday, March 29, 2013 1:25PM EDT Last Updated Friday, March 29, 2013 3:17PM EDT
BEIJING -- A massive landslide engulfed a gold mining area in mountainous Tibet, burying 83 workers believed to have been asleep early Friday morning, Chinese state media said.
About 2 million cubic meters of mud, rock and debris swept through the area as the workers were resting and covered an area measuring around 4 square kilometres, China Central Television said.
PUBLISHED: 20:46 GMT, 24 March 2013 | UPDATED: 20:52 GMT, 24 March 2013
They are one of the most iconic symbols of British independence and the inspiration for one of the most famous wartime songs.
But walkers have been warned to take care when walking along a stretch of the famous White Cliffs of Dover after tonnes of chalk crashed into the English Channel when part of the cliff-face sheared off.
A giant mound of clay was left on the shore near St Margaret's Bay after the collapse between between Dover and Deal in Kent.
Landslide: Tonnes of chalk were left piled on the Kent coastline after part of the White Cliffs of Dover collapsed
Warning signs: The collapse happened in St Margaret's Bay between Dover and Deal in Kent, and the National Trust has now put up signs telling walkers to beware further collapses in the area
Dover Coastguard said a bench and fencing which sat on the cliff-top were also sent tumbling to the base, prompting warnings to coastal walkers.
Fortunately, no one was hurt.
The collapse is thought to have been caused by a combination of high winds and rain freezing after being absorbed into the chalk and then expanding, causing the cliff to weaken.
A similar collapse saw a chunk of the cliff-face slip in March last year.
A Dover Coastguard spokesman said: 'There was a similar fall in 2012 but this one is smaller than that one. A bench and fence have gone down with it.
Rubble: The National Trust, which owns the stretch of land said that the collapse was smaller than a similar one last March
One of Britain's best-loved beauty spots - the Jurassic Coast in Dorset - has had a tectonic makeover after a huge landslip sheared the clifftop in half.
The 150ft long crevasse, which opened up near Weymouth at an area known as Red Cliff Point, is believed to have been caused by heavy rain during the winter months.
Geology experts are now warning ramblers and dog-walkers to avoid area fearing it could crumble even more.
Earth-moving: A 150ft crevasse has opened up along the Jurassic Coastline in Dorset
Seasonal rains and high tides in recent days have caused widespread flooding across much of Indonesia. North Sulawesi province’s capital city, Manado in Indonesia, was hit by heavy rains that triggered floods and landslides on February 17, 2013 responsible for killing at least 17 people and evacuation 1,200 people. Manado area received 24 cm (9.4 inches) of rainfall during February 16/17, 2013. That was more than half of February average. A local river in Manado burst at its seems due to heavy rainfall, causing flooding of more than 1.000 homes. Local media reported floodwaters a meter high in places. Water, which inundated around 5,000 houses in Manado, had receded by the next day and residents had begun cleaning up their homes.
Floods have inundated areas across Manado, including Aario Utara, Bailang, Bunaken, Karame, Komo Luar, Mahawu, Paal II, Tanjung Batu and Tikala Ares; while the areas of Karame, Kombos, Paal II, Singkil, Tingkulu and Winangun Atas were affected by landslides.
Flooding hit areas of Riau Islands and forced around 21,000 villagers to flee from their homes as the Batang Buluh and Rokan Rivers in Rokan Hulu regency began to overflow. At least 3,452 people had been evacuated to safer ground. Indonesian capital Jakarta was also affected by heavy rains in January which caused flooding that left 32 people dead and forced nearly 46,000 to flee their homes.
Indonesia is currently experiencing wet season which begins in November and ends in April. Seasonal downpours cause dozens of landslides and flash floods each year in Indonesia, where millions of people live in mountainous areas or near fertile flood plains.
PUBLISHED: 21:05 GMT, 19 February 2013 | UPDATED: 21:06 GMT, 19 February 2013
At least five people including two children have been buried under a landslide which swept over a village near a coal mine in southern China.
An estimated 5,000 cubic metres of rock fell over six sheds in the Yudong village in Kaili, in the Guizhou province of China at around 11am yesterday.
Those buried were believe to be miners and their families who worked at a nearby coal mine.
Six sheds were buried in the landslide near the city of Kaili in southern China
Comment by Sevan Makaracı on February 18, 2013 at 10:42pm
33 houses buried in Davao landslide (Philippines)
Dozens of homes have been destroyed and hundreds of people fled after a landslide hit a Davao del Norte village, authorities said today.
The avalanche of loose earth buried 33 houses in three communities in the mountain village of Mambing in New Corella, Davao del Norte, Sonio Sanchez, provincial disaster officer, said.
At least 156 families were evacuated and are now staying at a village hall and provincial officials have sent relief goods for the affected families, according to Mayor Nestor Alcoran.
The mayor said experts from the Mines and Geo-sciences Bureau of the government's Department of Environment and Natural Resources have been sent to the area to conduct assessment as to the risk of more landslides. Source
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