{"id":5011,"date":"2012-07-23T07:06:45","date_gmt":"2012-07-23T07:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=5011"},"modified":"2012-07-23T15:43:52","modified_gmt":"2012-07-23T15:43:52","slug":"a-weekend-of-landslide-incidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2012\/07\/23\/a-weekend-of-landslide-incidents\/","title":{"rendered":"A weekend of landslide incidents"},"content":{"rendered":"

This weekend has seen substantial landslide incidents around the world.\u00a0 Here are just a few of them, in no particular order:<\/p>\n

1. An ongoing local landslide emergency in Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks to Andrew Giles for highlighting this one.\u00a0 The town of Quesnel in British Columbia, Canada has declared a local state of emergency<\/a> because of a landslide dam that is partially blocking a river, Baker Creek, upstream of the town<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The concern is that the blockage could fail quickly, releasing a flash flood that would affect houses downstream.\u00a0 However, it should be noted that the dam is considered to be unlikely to fail rapidly, and trhat the peak flood is expected to be less than that experienced during flood season.<\/p>\n

2. A landslide blocked the Trans-Canada highway near to Banff<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile the very heavy rainfall in western Canada continues to induce landslides, with the latest occurring on Friday near to Banff.\u00a0 This time a large landslide crossed and blocked the trans-Canada highway close to Banff<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/calgary\/story\/2012\/07\/20\/calgary-banff-mudslide.html<\/p><\/div>\n

It is a little difficult to work out if this is a failure of the cut slope of a flow that has come down a gully, but either way the impact is clearly substantial.\u00a0 The road has now reopened.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> Please see an account of this landslide on the blog of my fellow AGU blogger, Callan Bentley<\/a>.<\/p>\n

3. The cause of death in the Beaminster landslide, England
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Meanwhile, the coroner in Dorset, England has released the cause of death for the two people killed in the Beaminster landslide in Dorset<\/a>.\u00a0 It will be reassuring to all concerned that both victims died quickly.\u00a0 In fact, although there is remarkably little information available as to how victims actually die in landslides, these two victims do seem to have succumbed to what is assumed to be the two most common causes of landslide death.\u00a0 One victim was killed by a blunt trauma, in this case causing a broken neck, the other to chest compression<\/a>.\u00a0 The implications of this are that the failure to realise that there was a car buried in the debris had no implications for the survival of the two unfortunate victims.<\/p>\n

4. A landslide-induced fatal rail crash in India<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Thursday night a train collision occurred near to Khardi Station in Kasara, India<\/a>.\u00a0 The accident led to the death of a woman, whilst 14 others were injured.\u00a0 The initial cause of the accident was a boulder, which detached from an adjacent hill and rolled onto the track before striking a local train, which in turn derailed before being struck by the Vidarbha Express train.<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.thehindubusinessline.com\/news\/article3661063.ece?homepage=true<\/p><\/div>\n

5. A tragic bus accident in India<\/strong><\/p>\n

The worst accident was a bus crash <\/a>near Keifang, about 100 km east of Aizawl,\u00a0Arunachal Pradesh, when monsoon rainfall triggered a landslide that struck a bus on a mountain road.\u00a0 The bus was pushed off the highway and fell about 45 m into a deep gorge, killing 18 people and leaving another 17 injured.\u00a0 Sadly, such bus crashes are common in the Himalaya mountains.<\/p>\n

6. A fatal landslide in Austria<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Friday night a rainfall-induced mudslide<\/a> hit the village of Thoerl in Styria, Austria, killing a man.\u00a0 The mudslides were reportedly up to 10 m deep.<\/p>\n

7. A fatal landslide in Mexico<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks to Lisa Denke for highlighting this one to me.\u00a0 A landslide in Mexico on Friday killed a truck driver<\/a> (NB the image in this report, which is in Spanish, is disturbing).\u00a0 The landslide struck the truck close to midnight on the Durango-Mazatlan road, pushing the truck into the river.<\/p>\n

8. A fatal landslide in Beijing, China<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beijing suffered exceptionally heavy rainfall on Saturday<\/a>, triggering widespread floods.\u00a0 In the Shijingshan district a landslide on Saturday night buried a row of small shops<\/a>, killing a couple and injuring a young woman, who was reportedly trapped for several hours.<\/p>\n

9. Six killed by landslides in Sichuan, China<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finally, this report has rather sketchy information<\/a> about six deaths from landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in Sichuan Province on Saturday.\u00a0 At present I have no more information about this event.<\/p>\n

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