{"id":33805,"date":"2020-05-04T06:23:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T06:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=33805"},"modified":"2020-05-04T06:35:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T06:35:49","slug":"sardoba-dam-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2020\/05\/04\/sardoba-dam-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Sardoba Reservoir: a major dam collapse in Uzbekistan on 1 May 2020, plus the EGU2020 Day 1 programme and a car crash interview about diversity in the geosciences"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Sardoba Reservoir: a major dam collapse in Uzbekistan on 1 May 2020, plus the EGU2020 Day 1 programme and a car crash interview about diversity in the geosciences<\/h4>\n<p>On Friday 1 May 2020 a major collapse occurred in the earth-filled dam of Sardoba Reservoir in Uzbekistan, causing extensive flooding.\u00a0 The video below, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ub9Eyg2kR2o\">posted to Youtube<\/a>, shows the breach with water pouring through, and the development of the resultant flooding:-<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0428\u041e\u0428\u0418\u041b\u0418\u041d\u0427: \u0421\u0430\u0440\u0434\u043e\u0431\u0430 \u0441\u0443\u0432 \u043e\u043c\u0431\u043e\u0440\u0438 \u045e\u043f\u0438\u0440\u0438\u043b\u0434\u0438. \u0410\u04b3\u043e\u043b\u0438 \u044d\u0432\u0430\u043a\u0443\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044f \u049b\u0438\u043b\u0438\u043d\u043c\u043e\u049b\u0434\u0430\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ub9Eyg2kR2o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/uzbek-authorities-launch-probe-burst-dam-that-prompted-mass-evaucation\/30590291.html\">News reports suggest that up to 70,000 people were evacuated and 50 people were injured<\/a>.\u00a0 An investigation has been launched.<\/p>\n<p>The dam is comparatively new &#8211; most reports suggest that the reservoir was completed in 2017 &#8211; suggesting that there was either a design or a construction error. The location is 40.337, 68.421.\u00a0 Below is a Google Earth image, from 2019, showing the embankment.\u00a0 I have pinpointed where the failure occurred.\u00a0 At the time of the image the reservoir was not full:-<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33810\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33810\" class=\" wp-image-33810\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/05\/20_05-Sardoba-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Sardoba dam failure\" width=\"800\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/05\/20_05-Sardoba-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/05\/20_05-Sardoba-1-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/05\/20_05-Sardoba-1-1024x588.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/05\/20_05-Sardoba-1-768x441.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/05\/20_05-Sardoba-1-1536x882.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/05\/20_05-Sardoba-1-2048x1176.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-33810\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Google Earth image of the location of the Sardoba Dam failure on 1 May 2020.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planet.com\/\">Planet Labs<\/a> have captured a slightly hazy but admirably clear image of the site of the dam failure:-<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33812\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33812\" class=\" wp-image-33812\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/05\/20_05-Sardoba-2.jpg\" alt=\"Sardoba dam failure\" width=\"800\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/05\/20_05-Sardoba-2.jpg 2105w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/05\/20_05-Sardoba-2-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/05\/20_05-Sardoba-2-1024x676.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/05\/20_05-Sardoba-2-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/05\/20_05-Sardoba-2-1536x1014.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/05\/20_05-Sardoba-2-2048x1352.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-33812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The location of the Sardoba Dam failure. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planet.com\/\">Planet Labs<\/a> PlanetScope image captured on 3 May 2020. Copyright Panet Labs, used with permission<\/p><\/div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>Note the breached embankment, the drained reservoir and the clear downstream erosion and outwash deposits.\u00a0 Interestingly, the image from 1 May 2020, the day of the breach, we affected by haze or high altitude cloud.\u00a0 However, the image does capture the ongoing failure of the structure:-<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33814\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33814\" class=\" wp-image-33814\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/05\/20_05-Sardoba-3.jpg\" alt=\"Sardoba Dam failure\" width=\"800\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/05\/20_05-Sardoba-3.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/05\/20_05-Sardoba-3-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/05\/20_05-Sardoba-3-1024x722.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/05\/20_05-Sardoba-3-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/05\/20_05-Sardoba-3-1536x1084.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-33814\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sardoba Dam failure in action. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planet.com\/\">Planet Labs<\/a> PlanetScope image captured on 1 May 2020. Copyright Planet Labs, used with permission,<\/p><\/div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>This image, also from 3 May 2020, shows the very extensive flooding downstream:-<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33816\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33816\" class=\" wp-image-33816\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/05\/20_05-Sardoba-4.jpg\" alt=\"Sardoba dam failure flooding\" width=\"800\" height=\"781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/05\/20_05-Sardoba-4.jpg 1402w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/05\/20_05-Sardoba-4-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/05\/20_05-Sardoba-4-1024x1000.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/05\/20_05-Sardoba-4-768x750.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-33816\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flooding from the Sardoba Dam failure in action. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planet.com\/\">Planet Labs<\/a> PlanetScope image captured on 3 May 2020. Copyright Planet Labs, used with permission.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h4>On reflection 1: EGU General Assembly Day 1<\/h4>\n<p>Today is the start of the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2020\/04\/30\/egu-general-assembly-2020\/\">EGU2020 virtual meeting<\/a>.\u00a0 This are the landslide sessions on Day 1 (this time I have included submarine landslides too):-<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"co_mto_programme-session-block mb-4\" data-position-id=\"37843|49\" data-id=\"37843\" data-pid=\"37466\">\n<div class=\"co_mto_programme-session-block-number mb-0\"><strong>GM2.1 Advances in geomorphometry and landform mapping: possibilities, challenges and perspectives<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"co_mto_programme-session-block-so\">Convener: Giulia Sofia <span class=\"d-none d-lg-inline\"> | <\/span> Co-conveners: Benjamin Chandler, Frances E. G. Butcher, Susan Conway, Marek Ewertowski, Stuart Grieve, John K. Hillier, Aleksandra Tomczyk<\/div>\n<div class=\"co_mto_programme-session-block-scheduling\">\n<div class=\"mo_scheduling_block\">\n<div class=\"mo_scheduling_string\" data-category=\"2\"><a class=\"link-coloured mo_scheduling_string_programme d-inline\" href=\"https:\/\/meetingorganizer.copernicus.org\/EGU2020\/displays\/37466\">Displays<\/a> <span class=\"mo_scheduling_string_schedule\" data-id=\"37843\"><span class=\"mo_scheduling_string_time_voc\">Chat<\/span> <span class=\"mo_scheduling_string_time\" data-s=\"1588593600\" data-e=\"1588599900\">Mon, 04 May, 14:00<\/span><span class=\"mo_scheduling_string_time\">\u201315:45.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div data-category=\"2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-category=\"2\">\n<div class=\"table-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"co_mto_programme-session-block mb-4\" data-e=\"0\" data-is-past=\"0\" data-position-id=\"34855|0\" data-id=\"34855\" data-pid=\"34855\">\n<div class=\"co_mto_programme-session-block-number mb-0\"><strong>NH5.6 Subaqueous mass movements: triggers, dynamics and hazards<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"co_mto_programme-session-block-so\">Convener: Davide Mencaroni\u00a0<span class=\"d-none d-lg-inline\"> | <\/span> Co-conveners: Shray Badhani, Kate Heerema, Maarten Heijnen, William Meservy<\/div>\n<div class=\"co_mto_programme-session-block-scheduling\">\n<div class=\"mo_scheduling_block\">\n<div class=\"mo_scheduling_string\" data-category=\"2\"><a class=\"link-coloured mo_scheduling_string_programme d-inline\" href=\"https:\/\/meetingorganizer.copernicus.org\/EGU2020\/displays\/34855\">Displays<\/a> <span class=\"mo_scheduling_string_schedule-separator\">|<\/span> <span class=\"mo_scheduling_string_schedule\" data-id=\"34855\"><span class=\"mo_scheduling_string_time_voc\">Chat<\/span> <span class=\"mo_scheduling_string_time\" data-s=\"1588601700\" data-e=\"1588608000\">Mon, 04 May, 16:15<\/span><span class=\"mo_scheduling_string_time\">\u201318:00.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p data-category=\"2\">.<\/p>\n<h4 data-category=\"2\">On reflection 2: 1970s attitudes towards diversity from the President of the AAPG<\/h4>\n<p data-category=\"2\">This interview with the President of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aapg.org\/\">American Association of Petroleum Geologists<\/a> is simply jaw-dropping:-<\/p>\n<p data-category=\"2\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#100 Women and AAPG\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a9N7eOQh59A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-category=\"2\">It is hard to know where to start with this.\u00a0 There is a need for some serious self-reflection by the individual and the organisation.<\/p>\n<h4 data-category=\"2\">Reference<\/h4>\n<p data-category=\"2\">Planet Team (2020). Planet Application Program Interface: In Space for Life on Earth. San Francisco, CA. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planet.com\/\">https:\/\/www.planet.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday 1 May 2020 a major collapse occurred in the earth-filled dam of Sardoba Reservoir in Uzbekistan, causing extensive flooding.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":33812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[37,71,76,29682,469,29681,27791],"class_list":["post-33805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-conference","tag-dam","tag-dam-failure","tag-diversity","tag-featured","tag-uzbekistan","tag-west-asia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}