{"id":15135,"date":"2015-05-21T15:28:53","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T15:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=15135"},"modified":"2015-05-21T15:28:53","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T15:28:53","slug":"guiyang-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2015\/05\/21\/guiyang-1-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Guiyang, China: a landslide demolishes an apartment block, 16 people killed or missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>A landslide in Guiyang, China<\/h5>\n<p>A landslide yesterday morning in the Yunyan District of Guiyang, the capital city of Guizhou demolished completely an apartment building that was home to 114 people.\u00a0 Of these people, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2015-05\/21\/c_134259443.htm\">eight bodies have been recovered whilst eight remain missing<\/a>.\u00a0 The authorities report that their mobile phone signals have been traced to the rubble.<\/p>\n<p>It is clear that the building collapse at Guiyang was triggered by a landslide, caused by heavy rainfall.\u00a0 Some of the images show the collapsed block with the landslide behind.\u00a0 Both of these images are from <a href=\"http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2015-05\/20\/c_134254806_5.htm\">Xinhua<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15139\" style=\"width: 459px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2015\/05\/15_05-China-collapse-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15139\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15139\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2015\/05\/15_05-China-collapse-1.jpg\" alt=\"Guiyang\" width=\"449\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2015\/05\/15_05-China-collapse-1.jpg 449w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2015\/05\/15_05-China-collapse-1-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2015-05\/20\/c_134254806_5.htm\">Xinhua<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15140\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2015\/05\/15_05-China-collapse-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15140\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15140\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2015\/05\/15_05-China-collapse-2.jpg\" alt=\"Guiyang\" width=\"560\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2015\/05\/15_05-China-collapse-2.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2015\/05\/15_05-China-collapse-2-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2015-05\/20\/c_134254806_5.htm\">Xinhua<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>Judging by the images it appears that the building was connected to another, which fortunately did not collapse.<\/p>\n<p>Such events are rare, but not unknown.\u00a0 The two best known examples are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The 1972 Po Shan Road landslide in Hong Kong, which killed 67 people.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2010\/01\/24\/new-remarkable-animation-video-of-the-po-shan-road-landslide-in-hong-kong\/\">I featured the animation of this landslide in a previous post<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Highland_Towers_collapse\">The 1993 Highland Towers landslide in Taman Hillview, Kuala Lumpur, which killed 48 people<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A landslide yesterday in Guiyang, China caused the catastrophic collapse of an apartment block housing 30 families. 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