China Landslide – August 2010
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China Landslide – August 2010
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Increasing Death Toll 8/10/2010• The death toll from mudslides in northwest
China has surged to 337, as rescuers used diggers and their bare hands in a desperate search for more than 1,100 others still missing
• At least three villages were flattened by an avalanche of mud and rocks triggered by heavy rains in a remote area of Gansu province late on Saturday, the latest deadly disaster as China battles its worst flooding in a decade.
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BBC News 8/10/2010
• 702 people confirmed dead and more than 1,000 missing
• 45,000 people in Zhouqu county evacuated• 7,000 soldiers, firefighters and medical staff
deployed• 300 buildings buried under mud• 66% of county without power
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Location
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Landslide• Landslides are rock, earth, or debris flows on
slopes due to gravity. They can occur on any terrain given the right conditions of soil, moisture, and the angle of slope. Integral to the natural process of the earth's surface geology, landslides serve to redistribute soil and sediments in a process that can be in abrupt collapses or in slow gradual slides. Such is the nature of the earth's surface dynamics.
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Where?
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The weight of heavily saturated soil results in the slippage.
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Aerial images show Zhouqu county in north-west China before and after a devastating landslide.
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People in Mourning
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Man rescued – trapped 50 hours
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Searching for missing relatives
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Remains of collapsed building
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Soldiers search for survivors
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Trying to avoid the stench of death
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View of landslide
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Trying to salvage personal belongings
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Devastated Citizens
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