{"id":7314,"date":"2013-12-05T10:33:04","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T10:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=7314"},"modified":"2013-12-05T10:33:04","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T10:33:04","slug":"an-interesting-landslide-at-montescaglioso-in-southern-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2013\/12\/05\/an-interesting-landslide-at-montescaglioso-in-southern-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"An interesting landslide at Montescaglioso in Southern Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7316\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/12\/13_12-Italy-landslide-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7316\" alt=\"http:\/\/www.repubblica.it\/cronaca\/2013\/12\/04\/news\/maltempo_crolla_un_supermercato_a_matera-72654782\/#gallery-slider=72666956\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/12\/13_12-Italy-landslide-2.jpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/12\/13_12-Italy-landslide-2.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/12\/13_12-Italy-landslide-2-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">http:\/\/www.repubblica.it\/cronaca\/2013\/12\/04\/news\/maltempo_crolla_un_supermercato_a_matera-72654782\/#gallery-slider=72666956<\/p><\/div>\n<p>..<\/p>\n<p>Reports are coming in a large landslide yesterday at the town of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montescaglioso\">Montescaglioso<\/a> in Basilicata in Southern Italy.\u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-25208090\">BBC for example has this report<\/a>, there is a nice <a href=\"http:\/\/www.repubblica.it\/cronaca\/2013\/12\/04\/news\/maltempo_crolla_un_supermercato_a_matera-72654782\/#gallery-slider=72666955\">gallery of images here<\/a>, and there are a few <a href=\"http:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2013\/12\/04\/buildings-sink-as-italian-town-hit-by-landslide\/\">videos of it as well<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Italie : spectaculaire glissement de terrain \u00e0 Montescaglioso\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NoE_j5Vx5tA?feature=oembed\" 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>The reports suggest that it occurred after a period of heavy rainfall.\u00a0 The slide appears to have caused extensive damage, including the collapse of a supermarket, but it has not caused any loss of life.<\/p>\n<p>This is the area affected by the landslide as per Google Earth.\u00a0 The landslide is in the foreground &#8211; the large red-roofed building is the Lidl supermarket that has been destroyed, as per the screenshot at the top of this post:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/12\/13_12-Italy-landslide-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7315\" alt=\"13_12 Italy landslide 1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/12\/13_12-Italy-landslide-1-e1386238125213.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a>..<\/p>\n<p>Note that there is no shortage of pre-existing landslides in the above image &#8211; this is clearly a very landslide-prone area.\u00a0 The landslide itself appears to have affected this part of the town:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/12\/13_12-Italy-landslide-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7317\" alt=\"13_12 Italy landslide 3\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/12\/13_12-Italy-landslide-3-e1386238517814.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a>..<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, this area is known to be affected by a large mass movement, which is known as the &#8220;Madonna La Nova&#8221; landslide.\u00a0 There is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.unibas.it\/proidro\/PubblicazioniAllievi\/WorkSdao\/Negro.pdf\">poster here<\/a> (NB pdf) that described remote sensing work that has been undertaken on it, and there is at least <a href=\"http:\/\/www.igi-global.com\/article\/use-remote-sensing-data-landslide\/62063\">one published paper that describes it<\/a> (but which I cannot access because it is behind a paywall).\u00a0 My very initial interpretation would be that this is the boundary of the major landslide complex (and note that the historic town has not been built in this area):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/12\/13_12-Italy-landslide-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7318\" alt=\"13_12 Italy landslide 6\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/12\/13_12-Italy-landslide-6-e1386239202928.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a>..<\/p>\n<p>I have also highlighted the location of the supermarket.\u00a0 An interesting question to ponder is why the supermarket was built at this location, given that the historic town appears to have avoided the landslide-affected area.<\/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>News reports show a large landslide at Montescaglioso in Southern Italy.  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