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This type of measure is used in cases of smaller landslides. The effectiveness of micropiles is linked to the insertion of micropiles over the entire landslide area. In the case of rotational landslides in soft clay, the piles contribute to increasing the resisting moment by friction on the upper part of the pile shaft found in the landslide.
Disaster creeps closer to her home. 'My house is unsellable': This Pennsylvania woman bought cheap land from the state for $15,000 — but didn't know a previous owner sold it due to a landslide ...
The north wall houses sheet goods, router table, bar clamps, wide belt sander, planer, jointer, band saw, and various mobile tools. The center area of the shop consists of the table saw and associated outfeed tables as well as a large assembly table. In the northeast section of the building is a separate finishing room.
The hill their house had stood on for 30 years was cut away by the power of the storm. The land washed down the river. Their house was crushed against the trees and rocks, landing far downhill ...
Flood damage to rail track in Queensland, Australia, showing complete washaway leaving rails suspended. A washaway is a particular kind of landslide that can affect man-made structures such as cuttings, embankments and bridges.
A landslide in southern Alaska on Sunday left one person dead and several others injured, and some residents have been ordered to evacuate as officials warn another slide could strike nearby.
The Mount St. Helens landslide was a sturzstrom. [citation needed] The slide took place on the north face, and created the valley-like gap seen here.A Sturzstrom (from the German Sturz (fall) and Strom (stream, flow)) or rock avalanche is a large landslide, consisting of soil and rock.
In 1955, a landslide affected part of the downtown of Nicolet, Quebec, causing $10 million in damages. [4] In 1957, a large quick-clay landslide occurred in Lilla Edet, by the Göta River, in southwestern Sweden. A large part of a factory slid into the river, causing a thirty meter reduction in the river width.