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30 September 2008
Further update on situation in Sichuan
The China Daily has today published an article that describes the situation around Beichuan as a result of the current heavy rains. The article is here. The situation is sounding increasingly dangerous. For example: “As a result of heavy rains and incessant mudslides, the plan to rebuild quake-devastated Beichuan county in northern Sichuan province as an earthquake museum has been put on hold, a local official said.” “A large part …
29 September 2008
Grave concerns in the earthquake affected area in Sichuan
Reliefweb is this morning carrying a story highlighting grave concerns about the situation in Sichuan in view of recent weather. The article is here. This article appears to have originated from the Jinde charity, who are active in the earthquake affected areas. In a nutshell they are reporting that: Sichuan Province is suffering the most severe rainstorms for a century. They report that since 21st September the city of Jiangyou …
28 September 2008
Updates on the Cairo and Shanxi landslides
The search for victims in both the Manshiyet Nasser rockslide and Shanxi flowslide continues. The following is the latest news:Manshiyet Nasser, CairoThe number of recovered victims is now 107, with many more still believed to be trapped under the rubble. Clearly there are still extraordinary difficulties in getting beneath the large blocks. Interestingly, there is now a Quickbird image of the site, as highlighted by Almasry Alyoum. Below I have …
24 September 2008
More trouble at Tangjiashan
Tangjiashan was the most serious of the “quake lakes” (valley-blocking landslides) generated by the Wenchuan earthquake. Back in June I followed the remarkable exercise undertaken by the Chinese authorities to mitigate the problem by draining the lake. Once the lake was drained the concern was what would happen in the wet season. Today, China.org.cn is reporting that new problems have developed: Two people were dead and 30 were missing amid …
22 September 2008
Another Chinese flowslide? 1st August 2008
Xinhua is today reporting that: “The State Council, China’s Cabinet, has sent a team to investigate the landslide that buried dozens of people in the northern Shanxi Province, but was initially played down by local authorities. The landslide toppled a waste dump of a local iron mine and buried Sigou Village in Loufan County in the suburbs of the provincial capital Taiyuan on Aug. 1.” The landslide was reported to …
16 September 2008
Loss of life in the China and Egypt landslidesp
Just a brief update on the latest estimate of the loss of life in the landslides last week in Egypt and China: Taoshi (Shanxi): as of 16th September the official death toll is 259 people. Searches continue (see above AFP image).Manshiet Nasser (Cairo): as of 16th September the official death toll is 92 people. It appears that recovery actions have now ceased as the site is considered to be too …
14 September 2008
Loss of life in the Manshiet Nasser (Cairo) and Taoshi township (Shaanxi) landslides
Xinhua is now reporting that the death toll in the Shaanxi landslide has now reached 254. They also report that the recovery teams are yet to search two channels in which local people believe more bodies are buried AFP is reporting that the number of fatalities in the Manshiet Nasser (Cairo) landslide is now 82 people, with at least another week of recovery work to follow. Interestingly. they also report …
12 September 2008
The location of the Cairo landslide
Thanks to posters over at the EgyptSearch forum, and in particular poster AntonD who finally identified the place, I can finally identify what I think is the location of the Cairo landslide. The point is at: 30 degrees 2.728 minutes N, 31 degrees 17.261 minutes E. This is the Google Earth image of this point: The cliff from which the failure occurred is clear, as are the houses below. According …
11 September 2008
Updates on the Cairo and Shaanxi landslides
It is unusual to have two major stories running simultaneously about landslides so here is a combined update: 1. The Manshiet Nasser landslide in Cairo The death toll in the Cairo landslide disaster continues to rise – it is now officially 69 people. There seems to be considerable confusion about how many people are left trapped – but is fair to say that there is now no hope of rescuing …
10 September 2008
China tailings dam disaster death toll
Reuters image of the search for victims Reuters is now reporting that the number of fatalities in the China tailings dam disaster (landslide / debris flow) is now 128 people. A unknown number remain buried in the debris. Interestingly, Xinhua appears to have ceased reporting on the event (corrected: they do now have a report), amongst suggestions that journalists are being kept away. The difficulties facing the rescuers are clear …
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.
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