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On February 17, 2006, a massive rock slide-debris avalanche occurred in the Philippine province of Southern Leyte, causing widespread damage and loss of life. The deadly landslide (or debris flow) followed a 10-day period of heavy rain and a minor earthquake (magnitude 2.6 on the moment magnitude scale). The official death toll was 1,126. [1]
Landslide at Barangay Guinsaugon in 2006. Saint Bernard traces its roots to the largest barrio of Cabalian, then known as "Himatagon".. Governor Bernardo Torres of Leyte, which then encompassed Cabalian, facilitated the conversion of the area into an independent municipality due to the persistent demands of the local inhabitants for separation from Cabalian, later gaining the recommendation of ...
A debris slide is a type of slide characterized by the chaotic movement of material mixed with water and/or ice. It is usually triggered by the saturation of thickly vegetated slopes which results in an incoherent mixture of broken timber, smaller vegetation and other debris. [31]
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Remobilization of colluvium from 1995 slide into a debris flow. [125] 17 Feb 2006 Southern Leyte, Philippines: 2006 Southern Leyte mudslide: 15 MCM 1,126 Rock-debris avalanche triggered by ten-day period of heavy rain [135] 3 Jun 2007 Valley of Geysers, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia: 0
Oregon ‘rock slide’ swim hole is popular cliff jump spot. Michael McGough. July 14, 2022 at 12:56 PM. ... The rock slides are an attraction known as Lake Creek Falls, less than a half-mile ...
On the first day of construction restarting on Idaho 55 in mid-March 2021, a rock slide occurred at about 10 p.m. at a granite spire on the project’s northernmost rock face, known as Cut 9.
Rock, earth and debris are the terms generally used to distinguish the materials involved in the landslide process. For example, the distinction between earth and debris is usually made by comparing the percentage of coarse grain size fractions.