23 August 2013
A dramatic earthflow video from Puertro Rico
Posted by Dave Petley
Liveleak has this remarkable footage of an earthflow, apparently triggered by heavy rainfall, in Puerto Rico:
Thanks to Pasi Jokela for bringing this one to my attention. I’m now back from my vacation (a wonderful three weeks in western Canada with my kids if you were wondering), so normal service should now resume on this blog.
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.
I live near that area. It was not raining at that time and the amounts of rain that fell earlier were insignificant (less than an inch). The heavy rain that day was off to the western sections of the island. For years it has been known that the landslide would occur in that area, and the people that lived there were warned over 2 years ago. This had nothing to do with the day’s rain. FYI