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11 March 2015

Oso landslide: a new video five minutes after failure

A new video has emerged showing the aftermath of the Oso landslide a year ago. Shot by a passerby, it shows the site five minutes after the failure

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23 June 2009

Chongqing landslide rescue update – 23rd June

Xinhua has a video report about the ongoing rescue attempts at the Chongqing landslide site. The report suggests that remotely sensed imagery allowed a number of locations in which the crags in the head scar area were found to be unstable and threatening the rescue teams. To this end, two artillery pieces were brought in and shells were fired at the crags to try to dislodge the unstable sections. This …

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18 June 2009

Chongqing landslide – NASA satellite image

NASA have provided the first decent overview of the Chongqing landslide via a high resolution satellite image. This can be found here. The morphology of this is decidedly odd – I will spend some time trying understand it better. According to the NASA page the source is to the north and the landslide has moved southwards and then spread out to the southwest. Meanwhile, the search for victims continues according …

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16 June 2009

The Chongqing landslide – update 16th June

The latest update on the Chongqing landslide rescue is provided by Xinhua. Key points: Rescue operations continue, with 3,000 people working on site; Ten small-scale landslides have occurred at the landslide site since Friday; southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality from Friday, and rescuers continued to search for 64 missing for the 10th day on Tuesday. The water level in the barrier lake has dropped to 10 m below the top of …

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14 June 2009

The Chongqing landslide – the rescue is probably about to be abandoned

Xinhua is reporting that the rescue at the Chongqing landslide is likely to be abandoned shortly. Given the length of time that has elapsed since the failure the chances of rescuing the miners alive are now very small. More worryingly, there is an increasing risk of further failures at the site: “According to a geologist with the rescue headquarters who declined to be identified, cracks with the span of eight …

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12 June 2009

The latest update on the Chongqing landslide rescue

Xinhua and CCTV have published updates on the Chongqing landslide rescue. The picture is looking increasingly grim given that the estimated survival time of the miners was five to seven days, and it is now a week since the landslide. Highlights of the reports are as follows: Drilling continues but to date no signs of life have been detected. Drilling (or is this tunnel construction – see below) is only …

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11 June 2009

Latest update on the Chongqing landslide

The desperate rescue attempts continue at the site of the Chongqing landslide, but time is now clearly running out for the miners. The heavy lift helicopter, the same one that assisted at Tangjiashan, is now in full operation, and the drilling continues using 20 machines according to this report. The drilling operations have now reached 100 m below the surface and thus have reached the position of the portal. Unfortunately …

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9 June 2009

Chongqing landslide update – 9th June

Image source: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/19/20090609/img/pwl-china-landslide-death-9-6f14af6c0f4b.html The latest news from the Chongqing landslide site is as follows: Attempts to build a tunnel to the trapped miners continue. The heavy lift helicopter is now in operation. Electric cables and a generator have been installed to provide power to the ongoing operations; Heavy rain has now reduced to drizzle, but the water depth in the barrier lake increased by a metre in 24 hours; Operations …

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8 June 2009

Background to the Chongqing landslide

According to this report, rescue operations for the 27 miners trapped in a mine beneath the Chongqing landslide have been suspended due to bad weather. As I mentioned in my earlier post, working on a fresh rockslide deposit is exceptionally dangerous, so this is a wise decision. However, the outlook for the trapped miners must be looking increasingly bleak, given that it now appears that they are trapped 200 m …

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5 January 2009

Guatemala landslide update: 33 killed and up to 70 people reported missing

A short update on the Guatemala landslide, which is looking like a dreadful tragedy. Diaro de Centro America has published this dramatic image of the site: Meanwhile Prensa Libre is reporting that the number of people killed is now known to be 33, with more people still missing. Telediaro suggests that the number missing may be as high as 70 people! Landslides are continuing to hamper the rescue operations.

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