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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Balcerak, Ernie

Titel

Examining the causes of a devastating debris flow

Ist Teil von

• Eos (Washington, D.C.), 2014-08, Vol.95 (34), p.312-312

Ort / Verlag

Washington: American Geophysical Union

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Storm‐triggered landslides cause loss of life, property damage, and landscape alterations. For instance, the remnants of Hurricane Camille in 1969 caused 109 deaths in central Virginia, after 600 millimeters of rain fell in mountainous terrain in 6 hours. More recently, on 8 August 2010, a rainstorm‐induced landslide devastated the Chinese county of Zhouqu, causing more than 1000 deaths. A new modeling study by Ren examines the multiple factors, natural and human caused, that came together to produce this event. Three things contribute to storm‐triggered landslides: geological condition, surface loading and vegetation roots, and extreme precipitation.