{"id":39882,"date":"2022-01-10T08:00:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T08:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=39882"},"modified":"2024-06-13T06:19:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T06:19:38","slug":"canyon-de-furnas-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2022\/01\/10\/canyon-de-furnas-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The fatal rock topple at Canyon de Furnas in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_39885\" style=\"width: 495px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39885\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39885\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2022\/01\/22_01-Canyon-de-Furnas-1.jpg\" alt=\"The fatal rock topple at Canyon de Furnas in Brazil. \" width=\"485\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2022\/01\/22_01-Canyon-de-Furnas-1.jpg 485w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2022\/01\/22_01-Canyon-de-Furnas-1-250x300.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-39885\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The fatal rock topple at Canyon de Furnas in Brazil. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IGJooJMrOfs\">Still from a Youtube video<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h4>The fatal rock topple at C\u00e2nyon de Furnas in Brazil<\/h4>\n<p>Many thanks to the various people who have contacted me over the weekend about the fatal rock topple at Canyon de Furnas in Brazil on Saturday morning (8 January 2022), as shown in the image above.\u00a0 This event, which was caught on a dramatic video, has received considerable attention in part because of the spectacular nature of the event and in part because of the human cost.<\/p>\n<p>The recording of the event can be seen at the start of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IGJooJMrOfs\">the video below<\/a> (I advise discretion in watching this video, the latter stages are quite harrowing):-<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"imagens da trag\u00e9dia em Capit\u00f3lio-MG, Cachoeira do Canyon de Furnas.\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IGJooJMrOfs?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>The failure itself is a classic rock topple, in which failure is dominated by vertical or near-vertical structures in the rock mass.\u00a0 The second part of the video also captures the minute or so leading up to the main failure, in which the rock mass is (with hindsight) progressively deforming, generating a succession of rockfalls.\u00a0 This precursory activity is common.\u00a0 Once again the message needs to be that if a rock slope is generating a succession of rockfalls then a large failure event might be developing.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eFAWao7dS7s\">video below<\/a> shows the event from a more distant angle:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ACIDENTE EM CAPIT\u00d3LIO: ROCHA DESABA E ATINGE LANCHAS NOS CANYONS DE FURNAS EM MINAS GERAIS\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eFAWao7dS7s?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>This video captures the fragmentation of the rock mass after impact with the water, which meant that there was fly rock affecting the boats located at a greater distance from the topple itself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noticias.r7.com\/brasilia\/capitolio-rocha-tinha-12-bilhao-de-anos-e-10-mil-toneladas-diz-geologo-09012022\">The toll from the tragic event was ten people killed and 27 people injured<\/a>.\u00a0 Reports indicate that all ten fatalities occurred on a single boat, which appeared to be struck directly by the rock pillar.\u00a0 Three other boats were affected.<\/p>\n<p>The location of the event is -20.646, -46.265.\u00a0 The site is a part of a reservoir created by the large Furnas Dam on the Rio Grande just downstream of Canyon de Furnas.\u00a0 The event occurred after heavy rainfall and at a time when the water level behind the dam was high.<\/p>\n<p>It was the timing of the event that, in part, led to the tragedy.\u00a0 That the failure occurred on a Saturday morning meant that there were far more people in the path of the failure than would be case on many other occasions.<\/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>. 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