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 emergency response was required to get temporary traffic restored on a detour and get a more permanent detour constructed.
Failures
Three Apartment Buildings Partially Collapse from Landslide in Mizoram, India
A large landslide occured on the hillside above a complex of apartment buildings last week, partially collapsing 3 buildings and killing at least 3 people and injuring more. Dave Petley of the Landslide Blog notes […]
Geologic Hazards
Slope Stabilization Complete at Namestone Point
Regional Roads Victoria (Australia) has announced the completion of slope stabilization work at Namesone Point along the scenic Great Alpine Road in Gippsland. The work was part of $4.3M (AUS) in landslip remediation funding that […]
Failures
Is the Bingham Canyon copper mine landslide the most expensive single mass movement in history?
Dr. Dave has some financial analysis of the Bingham Canyon Mine Landslide in Utah. His interpretation of some of the financial data being thrown around is a financial loss of $770M, ouch! [Source: Read the […]