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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.
The 2020-21 city report rated close to 7% of the city-managed retaining walls as “poor” and close to 0.8% as “critical.” The city could not immediately provide information about those walls.
Here are the potential problems that your roof can have during the cold weather, according to RoofCrafters, a Central Texas roofing company offering services in the Austin area for over 40 years ...
The slide began at 16.05 and lasted 5–6 minutes. [1] The slide affected 270 000 square meters (27 hectares). [2] About 600 people lived in the area; of these, approximately 200 were in the area at the time of the slide. About 100 needed help by rescue workers. [1] It was the most severe landslide in the modern history of Sweden. [2]
On 16 June 2024, a landslide made out of mud and debris struck a highway in the resort city of Baños, Tungurahua in Ecuador following heavy rainfall, striking at least three cars, two houses and a bus, [1] and killing at least eight people with over 11 people missing.
In the wake of Hurricane Helene, more than 2,000 landslides displaced families in western North Carolina. They are waiting to find out if rebuilding is even possible or safe.
Operation Avalanche was a major United States investigation of child pornography on the Internet launched in 1999 after the arrest and conviction of Thomas and Janice Reedy, who operated an Internet pornography business called Landslide Productions in Fort Worth, Texas. [1]