{"id":39658,"date":"2021-11-23T07:36:45","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T07:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=39658"},"modified":"2021-11-23T07:38:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T07:38:21","slug":"beach-loop-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2021\/11\/23\/beach-loop-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Large landslides at Beach Loop near Whareongaonga in New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"

A large landslide at Beach Loop near Whareongaonga in New Zealand<\/h4>\n

Heavy rainfall earlier this month caused extensive flooding and landsliding in the Gisborne area of New Zealand<\/a>.\u00a0 Three large landslides were triggered on the coast in the Beach Loop area to the south of Whareongaonga, about 30 km from Gisborne.<\/p>\n

The Gisborne Herald has some images of the failures<\/a>,\u00a0including this one, which gives a sense of the scale:-<\/p>\n

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A Beach Loop landslide 30 km south of Gisborne in New Zealand. Image from the Gisborne Herald<\/a>, posted to Facebook by Liam Clayton<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

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But there is an even larger one a little further along the coast:<\/p>\n

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The largest landslide at Beach Loop, 30 km south of Gisborne in New Zealand. Image from the Gisborne Herald<\/a>, posted to Facebook by Liam Clayton<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The railway line in the images is the Wairoa to Gisborne line, which was mothballed after a storm in 2012.\u00a0 There is controversy as to whether the line should reopen – Kiwirail has argued that the economic cost is too high for the value that the line brings<\/a>.\u00a0 I would imagine that these landslides will be a further blow to those who argue for reinstatement.\u00a0 It is interesting to note that the failures appear to have rear scarps along the alignment of the railway.<\/p>\n

Planet Labs<\/a> has captured good imagery of the landslides:-<\/p>\n

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Satellite imagery of the aftermath of the landslides at Beach Loop in New Zealand. Image copyright Planet Labs<\/a>, used with permission.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The largest failure appears to be a slump, whilst the smallest of the three (the most northerly) is more of a rapid earthflow, I think. I am unsure as to the middle one.\u00a0 The alignment of the railway is also visible.<\/p>\n

Although this is a rural area, the Gisborne Herald<\/a> reports that a number of sacred sites for the indigenous population of New Zealand have also been lost.<\/p>\n

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Reference and acknowledgement<\/h4>\n

Planet Team (2021). Planet Application Program Interface: In Space for Life on Earth. San Francisco, CA. https:\/\/www.planet.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks to loyal reader Dr Murry Cave for highlighting these events to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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