#landslide

#landslide

A massive landslip has dramatically reshaped a section of the Jurassic Coast, weeks after a significant 300ft crack emerged in the cliff face. Thousands of tonnes of rock and mud have collapsed onto Charmouth beach in Dorset, obliterating a chunk of the popular South West Coastal Path England's most-visited National Trail. A 30ft wide section of the 450ft tall cliff has detached from the mainland, now resting approximately 20ft lower than its original position.

For days, the 25,000 residents of the Sicilian town of Niscemi have been living on the edge of a 25-metre abyss. On 25 January, after torrential rain brought by Cyclone Harry, a devastating landslide ripped away an entire slope of the town, creating a 4km-long chasm. Roads collapsed, cars were swallowed, and whole sections of the urban fabric plunged into the valley below.

A former miner at the site told The Associated Press there have been repeated landslides because the tunnels are dug by hand, poorly constructed, and left without maintenance. "People dig everywhere, without control or safety measures. In a single pit, there can be as many as 500 miners, and because the tunnels run parallel, one collapse can affect many pits at once," Clovis Mafare said.

“devastating to receive the news we have all been dreading.”

Australia's east coast is being smashed by summer storms as residents are told to evacuate. An emergency warning was in place for Sydney's northern beaches on Sunday morning, with residents at Narrabeen Lagoon and surrounds told to leave. More than a dozen people have been rescued across Sydney, with cars submerged and homes flooded. At Great Mackerel Beach, in the northern beaches, a landslide damaged numerous homes with at least one woman injured.

"pretty clear landslide"

At least two people have been killed and 21 remain unaccounted for following a landslide in Indonesia, according to officials, as rescuers continue to search for the missing. Several days of heavy rainfall in the region led to landslides that hit dozens of houses in three villages in the Cilacap district, Central Java province, on Thursday evening, officials said in a statement released on Friday.

The interior minister said at least 30 more were still missing, as authorities suspended the search operation for the day. Heavy rains struck western Kenya this weekend, causing a landslide late on Friday that has killed at least 21 people. Kenyan Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen said on Saturday that some 30 more were reported missing by their families in the tragedy that struck the Marakwet East county.

The fan of the landslide, where a surge of boulders and mud blasted the forest open after rushing down the steeper slopes of Arizona Mountain in the Catskills, is about 100 feet widean undulating plane of rocks, mangled tree trunks, and invasive plants such as Japanese stiltgrass that thrive in disturbed areas. On a hot July day the seasonal stream that runs through this ravine, named the Shingle Kill, is small enough to step over.

Search and rescue operations are under way in response to a landslide near Vaishno Devi Temple in Katra area. At least 30 people have been killed and many more injured after heavy rains triggered a massive landslide in Indian-administered Kashmir, officials and local media report. Search and rescue operations were under way on Wednesday in response to the landslide, which occurred the previous afternoon near the Vaishno Devi shrine, on a popular Hindu pilgrimage route in the Katra area, police and local media said.

Zamhall Nansamba recounts the terrifying moment the avalanche of rubbish descended, stating, “When I heard a noise I went outside. I saw the trees and the rubbish coming.”