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Landslide Videos from Brazil

December 10, 2008 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on Landslide Videos from Brazil
Landslide hits ambulance - from LiveLeak.com

 

In an earlier post, Dr. D posted the following video which shows a portion of a residential neighborhood in Santa Catarina province being slowly demolished by a landslide as well as general video of the devastation from landslides and flooding.

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In October of 2009, a massive landslide in the Nile Valley, near Yakima, Washington, took out a portion of Washington SR 410 and impacted the Naches River as well. This video from WSDOT shows what […]

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Washington State Route 706 Closed for Landslide

February 10, 2020 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on Washington State Route 706 Closed for Landslide

A debris-laden landslide has closed SR 706, the popular road from Ashford, Washington to Mt. Ranier National Park. The road was first closed on February 6 as portions of the highway were covered with debris […]

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Rockslide Closes I-40 in Western North Carolina

November 6, 2009 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on Rockslide Closes I-40 in Western North Carolina

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A massive rockslide closed a busy interstate route last week near the border between Tennessee and North Carolina in Pigeon River Gorge. This area has had landslide problems in the past. In 1997 a rockslide in the same area closed the freeway for approximately 3 months. (Photo from Landslides Under a Microscope Blog, original source not cited)

I have yet to see volume estimates, but The Charlotte Observer quoted a highway patrol officer who was at the scene:

He said the roadway is covered by a gigantic mound of debris, from pebbles up to house-sized boulders. The pile is 40 to 50 feet high, Williamson estimated, and hundreds of feet long.

More info and video after the break. […]

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