Over the course of time, landslides, rock movement, and vegetation hid the entrances to the other catacombs. |
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Rock and landslides have also occurred in other townships in the county as well as in Taichung County, blocking the traffic. |
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Last Tuesday, a record 37 inches of rain fell, and that triggered collapsed buildings and landslides. |
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Flash flooding caused bridges to collapse and landslides are blocking roads to devastated coastal villages. |
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Torrential rains yesterday collapsed roads and triggered landslides in central Taiwan but failed to relieve the drought in the north. |
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All landslides are therefore forms of mass movement, but not all mass movements are landslides. |
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Troops were deployed in helicopters after landslides and collapsed buildings blocked roads. |
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The team will have to ford huge rivers, canyons and crevices and dodge landslides and rock falls. |
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There were several landslides in the area, where four workers were marooned. |
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In Hocheng district, a remote mountain area, 600 pigs were buried under landslides up to 3m deep. |
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Nicola found herself dodging death as she made her way down Dooncarton Mountain with the landslides tumbling down either side of her. |
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Many of the landslips and landslides, and the silt that has covered paddocks, are not covered by any form of insurance. |
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Almost a year has passed since one of the worst landslides recorded in Scotland wreaked devastation at Glen Ogle, near Stirling. |
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Torrential rain caused severe flooding and triggered at least 93 mudslides and landslides. |
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Residents in remote mountain villages must stay alert to landslides, mudslides, tumbling rocks, any river rising and flooding, the bureau warned. |
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Since then, the mountainous county has been prone to mudflows and landslides triggered by torrential rains. |
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The baleful effect of overwhelming electoral landslides, usually worse than suggested by the cube rule, has also been underplayed. |
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Their handiwork exacerbated run-off and made homeowners more vulnerable to floods and landslides. |
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These landslides were embayed by the lava that flooded the central caldera floor. |
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The landslides of September 19 destroyed their farms, killed their livestock, and ruined their land. |
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The damage caused by the landslides has left the newly renovated house structurally damaged, and condemned. |
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Key to overturning Labour's landslides was to remain the party willing to allow people to keep more of their own money. |
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This applies equally to tornadoes, fires, floods, earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, avalanches, tidal waves and meteor strikes. |
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Aftershocks, rain and landslides are hampering aid efforts and souring drinking water, but survivors want more from authorities. |
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Mud, debris and knee-high slush from landslides blocked roads, cutting off many remote villages. |
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Large-scale landslides and mass flowage of loess are frequently triggered by heavy, seasonal rainstorms in the drylands of Asia and elsewhere. |
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A lifetime of earthquakes and landslides and volcanos and floods have changed the landscape as we once knew it. |
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An estimated 500,000 people are stranded in remote mountain villages cut off from aid and supplies by landslides. |
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Very heavy rainfall may lead to flash floods in small watercourses, causing rapid bank erosion and many small landslides and earthfalls. |
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Historical accounts dating back to 1865 have reported regular occurrences of landslides in the area around La Conchita. |
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Freezing temperatures, blowing snow, landslides and washouts all keep the maintenance of way crews busy on the pass. |
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On the continental slope, submarine landslides and slope stability may require avoidance rather than engineering. |
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Still, it was not until 1996 that the government began to identify specific areas threatened by potential mudflows and landslides. |
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When landslides destroy cropland, farmers slash and burn adjacent forests in order to feed their families. |
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There is shock and bewilderment in surrounding mountain villages too, where the earthquake and subsequent aftershocks have caused landslides. |
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The village has been buffeted by mudflows, landslides, river debris, flooding and earthquakes. |
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A preliminary report on the disaster from the Geological Survey of Ireland has blamed a freak weather event for the landslides. |
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Massive undersea landslides and the breakage of ice or sediment dams impounding large lakes are terrestrial processes that lead to release of water. |
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A significant number of the poor dwell in communities that are highly vulnerable to earthquakes, floods and landslides. |
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If the ice thaws, the rocks may start to move, so encouraging mud flows and landslides. |
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Kuo said the slope remained stable during Mindulle because a permeable structure consisting of large stones wrapped in gabions, or metal cylinders, prevented any landslides. |
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Disappearing alpine glaciers and melting permafrost will lead to more floodings and landslides. |
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For example, huge craters belch out cold liquids and subsea landslides can sweep away or destroy equipment set up on the ocean bed. |
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Typhoon Xangsane left a path of destruction across southeast Asia, including massive flooding and landslides in the Philippines and Viet Nam. |
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Some landslides will trigger sequential failures, retrogressing the headscarp back into the slope. |
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Then landslides and swollen rivers made it impossible to follow ever this poor excuse for a road. |
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Such landslides are one of the after-effects of construction work carried out in violation of building regulations and regardless of any planning. |
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These rains are triggering massive landslides and building collapses. |
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As the melting ice weakens the mountains, Switzerland is already experiencing more rockfalls, landslides, and mudflows, but things could get much worse. |
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The landslides carried sediment from the continental slope to the deep sea floor. |
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Seismologists, geologists, and tectonophysicists discuss the dynamics of earthquakes, floods, landslides and severe storms, and how they have shaped the Earth. |
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Ourinitial hunch was that road building, grazing and poor terracing created fragile slopes that were vulnerable to landslides. |
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So their biggest impact is to re-inforce front-runners, turning close victories into landslides. |
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With each passing year, the flooding and subsequent landslides and mudflows become increasingly catastrophic. |
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He advised us to leave with our luggage to find jeepneys beyond the landslides. |
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The effects of these events are inundations, landslides, avalanches, which do not occur outside of the Alps. |
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Its light and porous nature also make loess prone to erosion and large-scale landslides and mass flowage of loess is triggered by heavy rainfall. |
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Hazard assessment through inventory of terrain hazards including landslides, karstic depressions, rock glaciers, etc. |
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In eastern Canada, the 1663 earthquake in the St. Lawrence region triggered many landslides in Leda Clay. |
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However, the clayey nature of the soils makes these areas vulnerable to erosion and landslides. |
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Unstable slopes are often the scene of mudslides and dramatic landslides, especially if located near roads and houses. |
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More than 9,000 families have been left homeless in North Korea following flash floods, typhoon rains and landslides in recent days. |
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Damage may be caused to structures sited on the edge of deltas when underwater landslides involve the delta surface. |
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The area also becomes impassable in the warmer months due to frequent landslides caused by snowmelt and rainfall. |
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In addition to meteors, infrasonic energy is generated by chemical explosions, supersonic aircraft, tornadoes, landslides, earthquakes, and volcanoes. |
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Sea-level rise and increased storm surge heights magnify existing coastal risks such as windstorms, landslides, floods, and coastal erosion. |
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Yucca can also be planted in areas where there are landslides, because its roots bind the soil. |
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Until now, the Commission has accepted that earthquakes, avalanches, landslides and floods may constitute natural disasters. |
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Floods, landslides and avalanches of boulders were triggered by Hurricane Stan in El Salvador and Guatemala. |
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Some are produced by submarine landslides, massive slumping, or dense, sediment-laden, gravity-driven turbidity flows. |
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The ongoing collision of tectonic plates and the steep mountainous topography means that earthquakes and landslides are common occurrences. |
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The co-op expanded its orchards of cashew trees, whose deep roots had prevented landslides and wider destruction. |
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Discover why they can result from earthquakes, landslides, volcanoes and meteorites. |
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It is hard to look beyond the international schedule as the trigger of the recent landslides. |
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Hillsides are bereft of trees, leaving communities such as hers increasingly vulnerable to floods and landslides. |
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In the Conservative landslides of 1983 and 1987, minority voters were more loyal to Labour than the rest of the population. |
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The silent unease of today risks creating landslides in the elections of tomorrow. |
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The initial outbreak that struck Indonesia triggered landslides and wiped out at least four villages across the western coast. |
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On 18 September 2007 a large part of Slovenia was affected by heavy rain and a storm, leading to severe flooding and landslides. |
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Due to the sandy composition of most of the banks however, it is very unlikely that landslides would occur. |
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The activities of this component are focused on communities and households that are vulnerable to natural hazards such as landslides and floods. |
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In addition, in the first nine months of the year, over 350,000 people were displaced or affected by flooding, landslides or violent storms. |
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Flooding, landslides and storms still affect over two million people throughout the region. |
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Priority is given to sites particularly exposed to flooding and landslides in the rainy season. |
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It uses the historical record of landslides that have damaged communities and strategic infrastructure to focus the national hazard assessments. |
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One example is the TRAMM project, which investigates the causes of landslides, rockslides and avalanches. |
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One threat to sustainable development is the country's vulnerability to natural disasters: earthquakes, landslides, floods, droughts and frosts. |
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In dozens of villages, many cut off from rescuers by quake-induced landslides, relatives desperate to find their loved ones dug through rubble with their bare hands. |
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Seventy-six houses, several bridges and buildings collapsed totally or partially because of the temblor, which also triggered landslides in affected areas. |
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Mr Khan, who is the Minister of Works, will no doubt be in the thick of things, and will supervise such enterprises as the widening of roads and the repair of landslides. |
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The biggest problem facing the actress and singer-songwriter is that storms and landslides have blocked the roads to her beachside trailer home in Malibu. |
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Broken twigs, trails to nowhere, and mini-debris landslides, despite the drought, were all telltale signs of heavy use. |
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Each year, the tropics are battered by up to 40 hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones, while floods and landslides occur everywhere in numbers too great to keep track of. |
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There have been more mudslides and landslides leading to deaths. |
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It is a highly sensitive clay, prone to liquefaction, which has been involved in several deadly landslides. |
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Owing to continual landslides, the chine itself has been destroyed, and coastal erosion still has a significant impact on the area today. |
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Typhoons can put communities at risk of floods, landslides and sea surges. |
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It will also include the repair and strengthening of embankments, and the installation of bridge protection structures against avalanches and landslides, as well as drainage systems and road safety features. |
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These properties, however, have largely been obliterated by landslides and coastal erosion over the 20th century. |
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In summer there can be strong rains, which have on some occasions provoked catastrophic floods and landslides. |
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Explore Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about rock avalanches, rockslides, rockfalls, debris flows and debris avalanches, the different types of landslides that occur in Canada. |
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The three Storegga Slides are considered to be amongst the largest known landslides. |
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Groundshaking, landslides, liquefaction, tsunamis, fires, hazardous material spills, and building damage are some of the hazards we face from a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake. |
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After a milder winter than usual, the monsoon season is looming which will probably increase the number of landslides and slow down the pace of humanitarian operations further affecting livelihoods. |
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The steep slopes limiting the terraces have been, and still are, seriously affected by erosion, especially by slumps, landslides and occasional mudslides. |
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Sediment transport is controlled by submarine landslides, debris flows, turbidity currents, and contourites. |
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The major mechanism of canyon erosion is now thought to be turbidity currents and underwater landslides. |
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Landslides and mudslides: For hazards such as landslides and mudslides, reducing school risk is achieved by minimizing exposure to the moving mass through site selection. |
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The consequences are rock falls, landslides and more mudslides. Global warming is further accentuated by what is referred to as the feedback effect: like a mirror, glaciers reflect solar energy. |
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Are any communities or roads at risk from mudslides or landslides? |
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They are also being used for remote monitoring of Stromboli's volcanic activity and changes in sea levels as part of an early warning system for landslides and tidal waves. |
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This could lead to landslides and increased seismic and volcanic activities. |
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Overexploitation in areas to which the Benet were resettled has led to severe deforestation, soil degradation, landslides, flash floods and silting of water bodies. |
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The Blackgang Chine on the Isle of Wight, for example, has been destroyed by landslides and coastal erosion during the 20th century. |
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St. Helens, stratified layers up to 400 feet thick formed as a result of landslides, pyroclastic flows, mudflows, etc. Fine laminae from only a millimeter thick to more than a meter high formed in just a few seconds each. |
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Johnson, however, went on to win the 1964 election by one of the biggest landslides in American history. |
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Upstream from our community there are literally trees and bushes standing in the ice from the landslides, so it's created a lot of turbidity in the water. |
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The Gorge is very prone to landslides, and over 20 are recorded in the British Geological Survey's National Landslide Database in the area. |
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Spikes in turbidity levels occur fairly regularly in the South Nation River watershed and are caused by landslides of the unstable clays found between Casselman and Plantagenet. |
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Explore Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about the major natural disasters that have occurred in Canada, including earthquakes, landslides and tornadoes. |
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Moreover, poorly planned mega-cities and other urban environments are often located in high risk areas for earthquakes, floods, landslides and other technological hazards. |
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Natural events considered in the analysis included flooding, high winds and tornadoes, earthquakes, lightning, cave-ins and landslides, meteorites and climate change. |
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The storms prompted landslides, rockslides, and floods, which blocked off roads. |
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Those living in slums and deprived neighbourhoods are, by virtue of their predominant location in precarious or poorly planned areas, the most vulnerable in terms of flooding, landslides and fire hazards. |
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Since mid-July, more than 900 people have died in eastern India, Nepal and Bangladesh after heavy monsoon rains caused widespread flooding and landslides. |
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This service continuously monitors, and provides information and products related to earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, landslides and geomagnetic storms, as well as radiological and nuclear incidents. |
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That figure is consistent with the 10-year trend of increasing risk associated with storms, floods, landslides and droughts, which comprised 78 per cent of disasters during this period. |
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These were bound to be more numerous on the degraded right bank. After analysing high-resolution satellite images, modeling a number of factors related to landslides, and 60 days of field work, our hunch was confirmed. |
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The TGRA has an unsteady tectonic structure, where geological hazards such as earthquakes, landslides, and mudrock flows frequently occur. |
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For example, a coastal region prone to cyclones may also experience flooding due to storm surge and a school built on the slope of a mountain in a seismically active area, may be exposed to landslides. |
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Steeper terrain is also more prone to mudslides, landslides, and other forms of gravitational erosion processes. |
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In the 1950s, it was discovered that larger tsunamis than had previously been believed possible could be caused by giant submarine landslides. |
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Six of these events were floods and the other two landslides. |
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These estuaries are formed by subsidence or land cut off from the ocean by land movement associated with faulting, volcanoes, and landslides. |
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Learn about the project that uses historical data of landslides to assess and understand landslide hazards, produce related maps and reduce risks relating to landslides. |
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Earthquakes beneath the ocean floor, volcanic eruptions, submarine landslides and even meteorite impacts can touch off the monstrous waves known as tsunamis. |
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One tiring day awaits us? it is swayed in crammed buses on jolty roads, sometimes blocked by landslides or multiple tire punctures, which we finally reach Bahun Danda. |
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Ecuador is experiencing flooding, landslides and high tides, while Bolivia is having to endure both drought and flooding in separate parts of the country. |
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The Storegga Slides were a series of underwater landslides, in which a piece of the Norwegian continental shelf slid into the Norwegian Sea. |
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The shales are friable and easily attacked by frost and form areas that are vulnerable to landslides, as on Mam Tor. |
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The cliffs on this part of the coast are being eroded as sections crumble away and landslides occur. |
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It is not unusual, though, to have to contend with the hidden dangers of the mountains: avalanches, landslides, floods, all occurances that can eventuate in the course of a year. |
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Pakistan blamed India for the delay, caused by the need to unblock roads closed by landslides after the quake, to clear landmines, and to process the papers of those who had applied to cross. |
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This difference in elevation and the constant lateral movement of the river across the valley results in impressive examples of valley wall landslides and thermokarst erosion. |
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He said 14 road sections and 10 bridges are not passable due to flooding and landslides in Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Bicol and Car. |
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Diversifying women's sources of income, and afforestation of the region, will help mitigate the future threat of climate change with its weatherrelated hazards such as flooding, landslides and drought. |
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Both governments could plead mitigating circumstances: the strength of the quake and the ruggedness of the mountainous terrain, made even more inaccessible by landslides. |
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This lack of natural drainage makes places within the city vulnerable to landslides during the rainy season. |
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Several landslides moved down this slope during a heavy rainstorm. |
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Because dozens of the landslides muddied the water in three Vancouver reservoirs, turbidity levels in the water treatment system rose 30 times the target causing drinking water that had never been cloudier. |
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The best hope for rescuing victims in landslides, cave-ins and earthquakes is within 72 hours of the tragedy. |
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Sand's many uses require a significant dredging industry, raising environmental concerns over fish depletion, landslides, and flooding. |
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The terrible environmental damage caused in Greece is now compounded by the risk of torrential rain running into rivers to hit a weakened ecosystem, and soil erosion causing landslides and water pollution. |
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Climate change is projected to lead to more climate variability and increasingly extreme weather phenomena, such as typhoons, floods and drought as well as related hazards, such as avalanches, landslides and mudflows. |
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Volcanic islands such as those in the Canary chain often have steep ocean cliffs caused by catastrophic debris avalanches and landslides. |
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In late 2005, heavy rains caused floods and several landslides, the worst of which killed three people on 14 September. |
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In total, the lives of an estimated 3,300,000 people are at risk. In 2009, uncustomary rainy climate caused a number of mudflows, landslides and floods, and led to the emergence of new disaster-prone areas. |
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Environmental protec tion measures, such as re-vegetating slopes, will also be put into place in the project area to reduce erosion and prevent landslides. |
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However, due to the steep shores and mountainous watershed of the Capilano Reservoir, landslides and erosion occasionally cause turbidity concentrations in exceedance of provincial drinking water quality standards. |
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The most typical signs of an impending eruption are shallow earthquakes, ground deformation, increased volcanic gas release, increased fumarole vigour and temperatures, and minor landslides and rockfalls. |
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Lava flows, pyroclastic flows and surges, ballistic projectiles, and volcanic landslides and sector collapses constitute a significant risk only to communities and resources close to a volcano. |
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Satellite imagery can be used to make an inventory of previous landslides and to collect data on relevant parameters concerning, among other things, soil, geology, slope, geomorphology, land use, hydrology and faults. |
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The seismographs are also useful for detecting at a distance events such as rockfalls, landslides, mudflows resulting from melting snow, or small steam blasts. |
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They are caused by earthquakes, landslides, volcanic explosions, glacier calvings, and bolides. |
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I myself come from a region of Italy, Veneto, which was hit in June and July by landslides and whirlwinds, and I would mention, by way of example, VallĂ di Riese and Borca di Cadore. |
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Numerous landslides occur in Leda clay every year. |
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These seismic events, along with landslides, represent some of the most dangerous geologic hazards in the island and in the northeastern Caribbean. |
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As part of the Ring of Fire, California is subject to tsunamis, floods, droughts, Santa Ana winds, wildfires, landslides on steep terrain, and has several volcanoes. |
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Heavy rainfall, snowmelt, or high levels of ground water may trigger a movement of soil or sediments, possibly causing mudslides, landslides, avalanches, or sinkholes. |
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In general, landslides generate displacements mainly in the shallower parts of the coastline, and there is conjecture about the nature of large landslides that enter water. |
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The heavy rainfall that hit Macedonia activated the existing but also caused new landslides and rockfalls on certain roads, threatening traffic safety. |
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Owing to the unstable land on which the park is situated, landslides occur frequently, meaning that attractions have continually to be moved further inland to safer ground. |
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The epicentre of yesterday's tremor, in the Hindu Kush mountains, triggered landslides and collapsed buildings across remote areas that could be left impassible. |
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Highlights include gaining ICE Fellowship, being chair of the ICE WM committee and on projects such as using electro-osmosis to stabilise landslides affecting the M5 motorway. |
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However, landslides can be classified in a much more detailed way that reflects the mechanisms responsible for the movement and the velocity at which the movement occurs. |
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Some indications are that, due to climate change, storms causing landslides and floods will become more severe in the area and in the surrounding counties. |
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The presidential election turned out to be one of the biggest landslides in history. |
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Settling of the shelf after the separation of the continents has resulted in landslides, such as the Storegga Slide about 8,000 years ago that induced a major tsunami. |
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This displacement of water is usually attributed to either earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, glacier calvings or more rarely by meteorites and nuclear tests. |
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Because of the slope the coast is affected by the risk of landslides. |
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