6 June 2009
Update on the Chongqing landslide
Posted by Dave Petley
Xinhua is now reporting that 79 people have been killed in the catastrophic landslide in Chongqing. In addition, 27 miners are trapped in a mine whose adit has been buried.
Xinhua has also released an image of the source zone of the landslide (showing continued rockfall activity):
And also the landslide deposit. It is now appears that this is a massive and catastrophic rock slope failure:





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.