Archive for the ‘Landslides/mudslides’ Category
Neapolitan sinkhole, January, 2021
Monday, January 11th, 2021https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D__xvW_4mp4
10/9/1963: “……The displaced water crashed over the dam and into the Piave River below. It stormed down the river and engulfed the town of Longarone. Within minutes the town had virtually vanished and nearly 2,000 people were dead. The tsunami-like wave then rushed down to San Martino, where it killed hundreds more……”
Wednesday, October 9th, 2019“…..The Vaiont Gorge was located in a section of the Alps known for instability. In 1963, the area experienced heavy rains—about 90 inches by October 9. At 10:41 p.m., the wet land could no longer hold and a massive landslide came crashing down from Mount Toc, causing a huge pile of dirt and rocks to plunge into the reservoir at about 70 miles per hour. The impact of the debris caused an immense wave of water to rise as high as 300 feet above the level of the dam……”
Thousands of children and families living in the Rohingya refugee camps and host communities in Cox’s Bazar in south-eastern Bangladesh are at risk from flooding and landslides caused by heavy rainfall
Sunday, July 14th, 201910/9/1963, Italy: A landslide leads to over 2,000 deaths when it causes a sudden and massive wave of water to overwhelm the Diga del Vajont dam.
Tuesday, October 9th, 2018A Global View of Landslide Susceptibility
Saturday, August 4th, 2018
By one estimate, landslides triggered by heavy rain kill roughly 4,600 people each year. Scientists at NASA and elsewhere are trying to find ways to reduce that number.
Dalia Kirschbaum and Thomas Stanley have taken one step in that direction by developing a new map of global landslide susceptibility. The map is part of a broader effort to establish a hazards monitoring system that combines satellite observations of rainfall from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission with an assessment of the underlying susceptibility of terrain.
Steep slopes are the most important factor that make a landscape susceptible to landslides. Other key factors include deforestation, the presence of roads, the strength of bedrock and soils, and the location of faults.
A landslide has comprised the integrity of Lake Tahoma Dam (North Carolina). MANDATORY EVACUATIONS underway
Wednesday, May 30th, 2018Mozambique: 16 people died last week when heavy rains triggered a landslide in Maputo’s garbage dump
Thursday, March 1st, 2018January 18, 1969: The worst weather-related disaster in California in the 20th century.
Thursday, January 18th, 2018Tons of mud, trees and boulders have swept away homes in Southern California this week and so far 17 people are dead.
Thursday, January 11th, 2018“….In addition to the fatalities, at least 17 people are unaccounted for….”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A36NnP075vI