It now appears that the losses associated with this event may not be as great as initially feared.\u00a0 According to the latest NDRRMC report<\/a>, 25 people have been killed and a further five are known to be missing.\u00a0 However, this total is not quite in agreement with more recent media reports<\/a>,\u00a0 which suggest 27 fatalities to date.\u00a0 This should be clearer as the day wears on.\u00a0 Interestingly, several reports indicate that there was a gap between the most intense rainfall and the occurrence of the landslide.\u00a0 For example<\/a>:<\/p>\n “Renato Solidum, head of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), said the area struck by the landslide had been battered by \u201cbulldozing and other activities.\u201d…The landslide struck on a clear day which was deceptive, he said. People should be taught that landslides could happen even days after the rains had stopped, he added.\u00a0 “If the weather is clear, they should not assume that there\u2019s no danger,\u201d said Solidum in a phone interview.In the case of Pantukan, he said, \u201cthere was a lag time between rain and landslide.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n This is a very important point.\u00a0 In the case of a progressive slide such as this, a time gap is to be expected, but this is indeed rarely appreciated.\u00a0 Meanwhile, the authorities now plan to shut down the illegal mines<\/a> and to relocate up to 20,000 people from the most hazardous areas.\u00a0 Implementing such an aspiration is likely to be very difficult though.<\/p>\n 2. Another remarkable quick clay landslide in Norway<\/strong><\/p>\n Thanks to several people for pointing out this landslide to me.\u00a0 On the first day of the year a landslide occurred at Byneset in Tr\u00f8ndelag near to Trondheim.\u00a0 This report<\/a> includes some good images of the landslide, although it does take a little time to get one’s eye into what has happened:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n http:\/\/www.monstersandcritics.com\/news\/europe\/features\/article_1683598.php\/Norway-Landslide-Pictures?page=1<\/p><\/div>\n http:\/\/www.monstersandcritics.com\/news\/europe\/features\/article_1683598.php\/Norway-Landslide-Pictures?page=2<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n Although not of the best quality, this Youtube video<\/a> provides a good overview of the nature of the landslide:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OEAhSNj1DUA<\/p>\n Although the trigger for this landslide appears to be a spell of heavy rainfall, the underlying cause is not clear.\u00a0 Fortunately it caused no damage or injuries<\/a>.\u00a0 The way in which the debris has flowed down the valley system illustrates the extreme mobility of quick slay landslides, as the Rissa landslide video<\/a> illustrates.<\/p>\n 3. A fatal rockfall in Germany<\/strong><\/p>\n Again, thanks to several people for pointing this one out.\u00a0 On 27th December 2011 a 10-year old girl was killed on the <\/a>island of Ruegen<\/a> in northern Germany when a cliff collapsed onto her. \u00a0There is a gallery of images online here, which includes the rescue operations and some panaromic views of the collapse:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/fotostrecke\/fotostrecke-76716-3.html<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n 4. Landslide at Stromeferry in Scotland<\/strong><\/p>\n Meanwhile, on a much smaller scale, two landslides at Stromeferry in the Scottish Highlands<\/a> has blocked a major road, the A890, since 22nd December.\u00a0 This is resulting in a very long diversion and quite serious disruption for this part of Wester Ross.<\/p>\n 5. Potential landslides in Brazil<\/strong><\/p>\n Finally, the continuation of the La Nina conditions<\/a> is once again causing concern about the potential for serious landslides in Brazil, which a year ago caused such remarkably high losses<\/a>.\u00a0 Reports suggest<\/a> that a landslide this week killed two people in Ouro Pretodue, and there is widespread flooding<\/a>.<\/p>\n An update on recent landslides from around the world, including events in Norway, the Philippines, the UK and Brazil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":4093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[594,469,959,205,278,252,88,133],"class_list":["post-4092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-landslide-report","tag-brazil-scotland","tag-featured","tag-landslide-report","tag-mining","tag-norway","tag-philippines","tag-quick-clay","tag-uk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4092","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=4092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2012\/01\/12_01-Norway-1.jpg\" "\\"12_01")
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