{"id":17044,"date":"2015-12-02T07:37:25","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T07:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=17044"},"modified":"2015-12-02T07:37:25","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T07:37:25","slug":"shouf-mountains-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2015\/12\/02\/shouf-mountains-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Shouf Mountains, Lebanon &#8211; a fascinating new landslide video"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Landslide in the Shouf Mountains, Lebanon<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1qTtrICtT-A\">This video was posted on Youtube yesterday<\/a> showing a large rock topple event in the Shouf Mountains (sometimes spelt Chouf Mountains) of Lebanon:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1qTtrICtT-A?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>The accompanying text provides little information:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Major landslide in Lebanon Shouf mountains. Luckily everyone was evacuated after first rockfalls. Keep an eye at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1qTtrICtT-A#\">1:02<\/a> mark and forward.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>However, there is a news report on YaLibnan that provides some more information (and includes the video):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Horrified Residents of <span id=\"IL_AD1\" class=\"IL_AD\">the town<\/span> of Kfarnabrakh in the Chouf region <span id=\"IL_AD7\" class=\"IL_AD\">evacuated<\/span> their homes Monday after a landslide hit the outskirts of the town .\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cVery dangerous landslides have <span id=\"IL_AD2\" class=\"IL_AD\">occurred<\/span> in the outskirts of the Chouf town of Kfarnabrakh above the towns of Wadi al-Sitt and al-Fowara,\u201d National News Agency reported.\u00a0 The landslide took place on Monday afternoon.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There are some images that show the aftermath.\u00a0 This one for example, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lorientlejour.com\/article\/957907\/un-pan-entier-de-montagne-seffondre-a-kfarnabrakh.html\">L&#8217;Orient Le Jour<\/a>, shows some of the debris at the foot of the slope.\u00a0 The retaining wall has performed well!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17049\" style=\"width: 645px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2015\/12\/15_12-Shouf-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17049\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17049\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2015\/12\/15_12-Shouf-2.jpg\" alt=\"Shouf Mountains \" width=\"635\" height=\"1128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2015\/12\/15_12-Shouf-2.jpg 635w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2015\/12\/15_12-Shouf-2-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2015\/12\/15_12-Shouf-2-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17049\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shouf Mountains landslide from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lorientlejour.com\/article\/957907\/un-pan-entier-de-montagne-seffondre-a-kfarnabrakh.html\">L&#8217;Orient Le Jour<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is a pretty amazing example of a very large, complex rock topple.\u00a0 This image, from the video, shows the block rotating forward in the main collapse event:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17048\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2015\/12\/15_12-Shouf-1-e1449040590792.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17048\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17048\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2015\/12\/15_12-Shouf-1-e1449040590792.jpg\" alt=\"Shouf Mountains\" width=\"640\" height=\"506\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Landslide in the Shouf Mountains of Lebanon<\/p><\/div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h5>Acknowledgement<\/h5>\n<p>Thanks to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CanGeotechJ\">Canadian Geotechnical Journal<\/a> (<a class=\"twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CanGeotechJ\" data-mentioned-user-id=\"2396209105\"><s>@<\/s><b>CanGeotechJ<\/b><\/a>) via Twitter.\u00a0 The original video was posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProfElMohtar\">Chadi El Mohtar<\/a> (<a class=\"ProfileHeaderCard-screennameLink u-linkComplex js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProfElMohtar\">@<span class=\"u-linkComplex-target\">ProfElMohtar<\/span><\/a>).<\/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 video has appeared on Youtube showing a very large, complex rock topple near the town of 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