{"id":27537,"date":"2018-04-24T06:30:17","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T06:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=27537"},"modified":"2018-04-24T06:30:17","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T06:30:17","slug":"boulder-meets-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2018\/04\/24\/boulder-meets-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Boulder meets house: the power of landslides"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Boulder meets house: the power of landslides<\/h4>\n<p>Boulder meets house:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qHDNqSeR-LE\"> a video was posted on Youtube last week that dramatically illustrates the power of landslides<\/a>. \u00a0 The limited accompanying text indicates that it was shot on the NH1A road between Udhampur and Srinigar in northern India, at Peerah. This location is easily identified on Google Earth &#8211; it appears to be hilly terrain with plenty of evidence of landslides:-<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27542\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27542\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27542\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2018\/04\/18_04-Peerah-1-e1524549713250.jpg\" alt=\"Boulder meets house\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-27542\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boulder meets house: Google Earth image showing the location of Peerah in northern India.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qHDNqSeR-LE\">The video shows<\/a> a large <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2014\/01\/29\/tramin-rockfall\/\">boulder<\/a> detaching from the slope and rolling down, striking and completely demolishing two small houses:-<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qHDNqSeR-LE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>The boulder does not move far, but it picks up speed very dramatically:-<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27545\" style=\"width: 263px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27545\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27545\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2018\/04\/18_04-Peerah-2.jpg\" alt=\"Boulder meets house\" width=\"253\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2018\/04\/18_04-Peerah-2.jpg 253w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2018\/04\/18_04-Peerah-2-177x300.jpg 177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-27545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boulder meets house: a still from a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qHDNqSeR-LE\">Youtube video.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, the effect on the properties is catastrophic &#8211; in all probability an utter disaster for the owners of the buildings:-<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27546\" style=\"width: 276px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27546\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27546\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2018\/04\/18_04-Peerah-3.jpg\" alt=\"Boulder meets house\" width=\"266\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2018\/04\/18_04-Peerah-3.jpg 266w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2018\/04\/18_04-Peerah-3-183x300.jpg 183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-27546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boulder meets house: a still from a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qHDNqSeR-LE\">Youtube video<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>The text accompanying the video suggests that this landslide was caused by humans.\u00a0 I suspect that this is the location &#8211; the topography seems to fit and the powerlines can be seen in the video:-<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27550\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27550\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27550\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2018\/04\/18_04-Peerah-4-e1524550509306.jpg\" alt=\"Boulder meets house\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-27550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boulder meets house &#8211; the location of the landslide at Peerah in northern India.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>If so then it does appear that this has been the location of slope cutting, reportedly for road widening but in reality I suspect it has been excavation for construction materials.\u00a0 I think that the houses destroyed by the landslide are located in the bottom right of the image, close to the bridge.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyexcelsior.com\/nh-blocked-for-5-hours\/\">The Daily Excelsior has a news report of the event<\/a>, which blocked the road for five hours:-<\/p>\n<p><em>Official sources told the Excelsior that Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was blocked by heavy boulders near Peera bridge in Nashri area of Ramban district at around 11.45 am today.\u00a0 He said road widening work is going on at this point and few weeks earlier also, there was heavy landslides in the same area. The highway suffered massive damage and it took long time to the National Highway authorities to partially restore highway and open it for one way traffic.<\/em><\/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>Boulder meets house in India: a new video on Youtube shows the impact of a boulder on two properties at Peerah in northern India last week. 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