Devil’s Slide Tunnel Update and First Attempts to Tame the Landslide
Geologic Hazards
Landslide Closes SR 14 in Utah
A large landslide has closed SR 14 east of Cedar City, Utah. UDOT expects that the road will be closed for up to 2 weeks for cleanup and to ensure that the slope is safe. Boulders up to an estimated 20 tons are now blocking the road and will likely need to be blasted down to a smaller size. A UDOT spokesman interviewed on the video shown after the break estimate the size of the slide at 700 to 800-ft long and 10 to 12-ft thick.
Geologic Hazards
Landslide at Traunsee Lake in Austria
The people living on the eastern bank of the Traunsee (map on following page) in Austria are able to observe geology in motion these days. About one million tons of soil and rock are moving in a slow landslide toward the lake, throwing over trees (picture at left) and threatening to take parts of a village with them. More…
Geologic Hazards
Motorist Killed by Landslide in Tennessee
A Tennesee man was killed after his vehicle encountered a landslide and his truck rolled 200 feet down an embankment slope. The landslide occurred around 2am on February 21st, 2019 on Highway 70N in Hawkins […]