16 June 2009
The Chongqing landslide – update 16th June
Posted by Dave Petley
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 the temporary embankment;
- The rescuers have not yet found the mine entrance.

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.