19 May 2008
Beichuan – what happens when a massive rockslide hits a town
Posted by Dave Petley
I am not normally a fan of Chicken Noodle News (CNN), but they have an interesting report detailing the damage in Beichuan resulting from the impact of the rockslide. It is worth a view. I cannot find a way to link to the original report, but there is a good quality version of it here.
AP image captioned: Rescue workers search collapsed buildings in Beichuan, China’s southwest Sichuan province, Sunday May 18, 2008.

Dave Petley is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His blog provides commentary and analysis of landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.