4 May 2018

Chongqing: a dramatic rockfall video from China last month

Posted by Dave Petley

Chongqing: a dramatic rockfall video from China last month

The Chinese news agency Xinhua has posted a dramatic video on Youtube showing dashcam footage of a large rockfall in SW China on 9th April 2018.  According to the Weather Channel this occurred in Chongqing.  I cannot find much more information about this event:-

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The image below is not clear, but it shows the small pick-up truck that was on the road at the time of the rockfall. Large boulders, traveling at very high speed, narrowly missed making a direct impact on the vehicle:

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The Choongqing rockfall on 9th April 2018. Still from a video from Xinhua via Youtube

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The larger displaced mass of soil can also be seen on the left side of the image.  The reports suggest that no-one was killed or injured in this event.