{"id":12997,"date":"2014-10-22T06:42:19","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T06:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=12997"},"modified":"2014-10-22T06:42:19","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T06:42:19","slug":"the-bukit-beruntung-landslide-in-selangor-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2014\/10\/22\/the-bukit-beruntung-landslide-in-selangor-malaysia\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bukit Beruntung landslide in Selangor, Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Bukit Beruntung landslide<\/h5>\n

Bukit Beruntung<\/a> is a relatively modern residential development in Selangor, Malaysia.\u00a0 On Monday morning heavy rainfall triggered movement in a slope behind some of the apartments, leading to the evacuation of over 2000 residents.\u00a0 Two days on, over 500 people are still out of their homes, although movement of the slop[e has slowed down.\u00a0 This is not a small slope failure – this image, from the Star<\/a>, shows the slope from the crown area:<\/p>\n

\"Bukit<\/a>

The Star<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

.<\/p>\n

Of note here if the large displacement at the crown of the slope and the deep red colour of the soil, which indicates that it is highly weathered – typical for a tropical setting. \u00a0 A likely explanation for this slope failure is revealed by images of the toe of the slope, which show a heavily deforming retaining wall<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Bukit<\/a>

Malaysia Chronicle<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

.<\/p>\n

The deformation in the asphalt in front of the wall is interesting.\u00a0 Whilst this might indicate that the failure is passing beneath the wall, I think it is more likely that the wall is being shunted forward by the landslide, causing this deformation.\u00a0 Whilst in all probability this slope can be easily fixed, it is not going to be a trivial task.<\/p>\n

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