{"id":3778,"date":"2011-10-19T07:29:34","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T07:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=3778"},"modified":"2011-10-19T08:56:29","modified_gmt":"2011-10-19T08:56:29","slug":"ongoing-landslide-problems-at-manawatu-gorge-in-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2011\/10\/19\/ongoing-landslide-problems-at-manawatu-gorge-in-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"Ongoing landslide problems at Manawatu Gorge in New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Summary: <\/strong>Manawatu Gorge in New Zealand has been affected by a further landslide over the last few days, prolonging the closure of this important highway in North Island.<\/p>\n<p>Manawatu Gorge in the North Island of New Zealand is <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2010\/09\/26\/images-of-yesterdays-landslide-induced-train-incidents\/\">frequently the location of large landslide<\/a>s that disrupt the road and railway line that pass close to its base.\u00a0 In August this year, <a href=\"http:\/\/tvnz.co.nz\/national-news\/gorge-closure-costs-region-2-million-report-4414247\">a landslide closed the road once again<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3779\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3779\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2011\/10\/19\/ongoing-landslide-problems-at-manawatu-gorge-in-new-zealand\/11_10-manawatu-1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3779\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3779\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2011\/10\/11_10-Manawatu-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">http:\/\/tvnz.co.nz\/national-news\/gorge-closure-costs-region-2-million-report-4414247<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By September the estimated economic costs of the blockage had reached about $NZ 2 million, plus a further $NZ1 million to reopen the road.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts to reopen the highway were dealt a further substantial blow this week when a further major landslide occurred.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawkesbaytoday.co.nz\/news\/massive-new-fall-hits-the-gorge\/1142826\/\">Hawkes Bay Today has a good article<\/a> on the latest event, including the following rather nice before and after photographs:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3780\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3780\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2011\/10\/19\/ongoing-landslide-problems-at-manawatu-gorge-in-new-zealand\/11_10-manawatu-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3780\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3780\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2011\/10\/11_10-Manawatu-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2011\/10\/11_10-Manawatu-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2011\/10\/11_10-Manawatu-2-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">http:\/\/www.hawkesbaytoday.co.nz\/news\/massive-new-fall-hits-the-gorge\/1142826\/<\/p><\/div>\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>Manawatu Gorge in New Zealand has been affected by a further landslide over the last few days, prolonging the closure of this important highway in South Island.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt 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