{"id":40855,"date":"2022-05-10T06:54:27","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T06:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=40855"},"modified":"2022-05-10T06:54:27","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T06:54:27","slug":"bijie-landslide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2022\/05\/10\/bijie-landslide\/","title":{"rendered":"Bijie – a large rockslide, caught on video – in China"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bijie – a large rockslide, caught on video – in China<\/h4>\n

As we move through the northern hemisphere spring towards the summer we are most definitely moving into landslide season.\u00a0 The latest notable event occurred on Sunday 8 May 2022 in Bijie village in Guizhou Province.\u00a0 This event appears to be poorly reported in English language media at the moment, but there are better reports in the local media.\u00a0 For example, 163.com reports that landslide occurred at Baiyan Community in Bijie City, Guizhou<\/a>.\u00a0 It is estimated that 25,000 cubic metres of rock were involved in the landslide, which appears to have detached from a steep mountain scarp.\u00a0 The news reports indicate that the site remains unstable, with another 10,000 cubic metres being considered to be in a dangerous state.<\/p>\n

The same reports indicate that there is likely to have been three fatalities from the event, although this in unconfirmed.<\/p>\n

This image, also from 163.com<\/a>, gives a very strong indication of the nature of the collapse:-<\/p>\n

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The rockslide at Baiyan community in Bijie, Guizhou on 8 May 2022. Image from 163.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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There is a somewhat dramatic version of the videos from this event posted to Youtube – apologies for the music and the editing, but you get a good idea of the nature of the event:-<\/p>\n