GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Oct 28, 2009, 12:37 am
Engineers have established a $2 million to $10 million plan to clean up a rock slide on Interstate 40 near the North Carolina-Tennessee line. The state Department of Transportation said unstable rocks...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Oct 26, 2009, 9:36 pm
It could take up to three months to completely clear debris on Interstate 40 after a rock slide early Sunday morning closed the highway in both directions at mile marker 3 in Haywood County, according...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Oct 14, 2009, 8:12 pm
Los Angeles County authorities said the communities most in danger of being hit by mudslides overnight included Big Tujunga Canyon, La Canada-Flintridge, La Crescenta and Glendale. Authorities were wa...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Oct 13, 2009, 8:21 pm
Governor Chris Gregoire declares a state of emergency following the huge Nile Valley landslide. The landslide completely wiped out a section of SR-410, isolating people from their homes. But, that'...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Oct 11, 2009, 8:17 pm
A massive landslide about 10 miles west of Naches has closed Highway 410, destroyed a home and diverted the Naches River. Fear of flooding from the river has prompted authorities to begin evacuating r...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Oct 9, 2009, 9:29 pm
Dozens of landslides in the rain-soaked mountains of the northern Philippines killed up to 200 people yesterday. The latest calamity brings the total death toll to more than 400 in the Philippines'...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Oct 7, 2009, 8:53 pm
During the Station Fire, firefighters lit backfires on the hillsides to protect the homes in La Crescenta, but now there is no vegetation to protect homes from mudslides. Experts say mudslides are ine...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Oct 4, 2009, 8:09 pm
Poor drainage caused by illegal construction was blamed for mudslides that killed at least 20 people in eastern Sicily on Friday, with dozens missing and hundreds more injured. Dozens of buildings col...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Oct 3, 2009, 8:38 pm
The death toll from Indonesia's massive earthquake will likely double as officials on Saturday reached rural communities wiped out by landslides that buried more than 600 people under mountains of...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Oct 2, 2009, 10:10 pm
Italy's government declared a state of emergency on Friday as the number of people killed in mudslides in Sicily rose to 50. Hundreds of people have been left homeless after the mudslides, trigger...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Sep 30, 2009, 8:05 pm
A disaster management official says at least 200 people have been killed by the powerful earthquake that struck western Indonesia. Priyadi Kardono, a spokesman for the National Disaster Management Age...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Sep 28, 2009, 7:52 pm
King County has declared a state of emergency as the Howard Hanson Dam began showing disturbing signs of vulnerability after a torrential rainstorm in January. The dam, located in the Cascade foothill...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Sep 26, 2009, 9:46 pm
A landslide has injured three workers and caused considerable damage to a dam site of a power project in Chamba district, according to MyHimachal.com.Huge rocks and and debris fell on the dam site of ...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Sep 25, 2009, 11:54 pm
Efforts at trying to put out the fire at an illegal dumpsite in Kampung Sungai Kertas, Ulu Yam, Malaysia, turned disastrous when part of the landfill collapsed, burying livestock and injuring a Bangla...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Sep 24, 2009, 5:57 am
The state-run news agency says heavy rains in northeast Turkey have triggered floods and a landslide that killed 4 people. One person is reported missing.Map of the centre of Istanbul, locating the ar...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Sep 24, 2009, 2:30 am
To minimise risk from landslides caused by monsoons, which are common on unstable terrains, the Indian state government will now put up nets instead of constructing retaining walls, to protect slum-dw...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Sep 15, 2009, 9:00 pm
Efforts to reduce the risk of devastating mudslides and flooding began Tuesday in the area burned by the Jesusita Fire. Fixed-wing aircraft will spend the next three weeks dropping hydromulch on burne...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Sep 15, 2009, 12:44 am
News 8 released a new video of the La Jolla landslide nearly two years ago. A city-hired contractor was recording as Soledad Mountain Road first buckled. The city came up with the eight-minute video t...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Sep 8, 2009, 8:10 pm
A landslide closed the A83 at the Rest and be Thankful beauty spot yesterday, as storms battered the West Coast and Central Scotland, disrupting rail services, ferry sailings and causing traffic chaos...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Sep 7, 2009, 8:10 pm
Landslides have swept through a popular ski area in Chile, killing two people and stranding about 1,300 foreign tourists. Police say the slides blocked portions of the 30-mile (50-kilometre) highway b...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Sep 5, 2009, 7:32 pm
The fire, one of the largest in Southern California history, was 49 percent contained by early Saturday afternoon after crews built protective lines on the northwestern flank near Santa Clarita, accor...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Sep 4, 2009, 2:03 am
At least 12 people have been killed in a landslide in a suburb of the Indian city of Mumbai, officials said. It is not clear whether more people are trapped under the rubble. Rescue operations are sti...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Sep 3, 2009, 3:00 am
There are some pictures of the fatal landslide that buried a village in Cianjur in West Java, Indonesia. Rescuers for victims after an earthquake-triggered landslide buried a village in Cianjur, West ...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Sep 2, 2009, 8:10 pm
The 7.0-magnitude temblor jolted the Indonesian island of Java earlier in the day, killing at least 44 people and injuring more than 400, according to the National Disaster Coordinating Agency. The qu...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Aug 30, 2009, 11:25 pm
Recent studies conducted by geologists in Montana showed that some parts of the spectacular Big Sky mountains may be in danger. The problem is "the shale formations in many parts of Big Sky are suscep...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Aug 28, 2009, 2:22 am
Days of heavy rain earlier this month led to mudslides that nearly missed several homes and the Stinnett Fire House. At present, at least nine more slides can still occur on the mountain behind Stinne...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Aug 27, 2009, 8:58 am
A series of rockslides in Yosemite National Park forces the evacuation of about 300 guests from the historic Ahwahnee Hotel. Officials said the hotel would likely remain closed until Friday afternoon....
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Aug 25, 2009, 7:59 pm
A landslide across Porcupine Bay in Lincoln County created huge waves in the Spokane River that hurt two children swimming in the water Tuesday afternoon. Authorities say around 1 p.m. Tuesday unstabl...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Aug 24, 2009, 8:11 pm
Just yesterday I wrote about the causes of landslides in Ireland. There is another example of this phenomenon. Look at how gentle the slope is.A view of mudslide north of Glencolmcille. It has cut off...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Aug 24, 2009, 2:28 am
The third wet summer in succession sparks fears of landslides in Ireland, the Irish Examiner.com reports today. A study conducted by the Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI) shows that most of slides ar...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Aug 23, 2009, 8:43 pm
Two weeks ago, a relatively strong earthquake hit Japan, causing some damage to the Tomei Expressway, a highway that connects two major cities in the country: Tokyo and Osaka. A few days later, I came...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Aug 21, 2009, 6:34 pm
Part of a cliff collapsed and buried bathers at Maria Luisa beach in Albufeira on the Algarve coast, said Marques Pereira, the head of maritime facilities in Faro.　The section of beach under the cli...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Aug 16, 2009, 7:59 pm
Seven people were killed and many others injured in a series of landslides in Darjeeling. A massive landslide also blocked the National Highway No.55 leading to Darjeeling, as huge boulders rolled dow...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Aug 13, 2009, 8:35 pm
Deep sea landslides caused by Typhoon Morakot severed at least three undersea fiber-optic telecommunications cables and disrupted three others, causing Internet service disruptions in parts of Asia. S...
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GIB GIB posted an article on Landslides under Microscope - Aug 11, 2009, 7:37 pm
A massive landslide triggered by torrential rain from Typhoon Morakot toppled seven houses in a town in eastern China, killing two people and injuring four. People look at the remains of seven houses ...
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