Professional engineer gives his observations on this landslide that has dammed up the Chilcotin River, when it fails there is going to be a lot of devastation down stream and they are already evacuating communities...
Officials warn the huge landslide holding back the Chilcotin River is unstable, and is expected to fail in the next 24 to 48 hours. Aaron McArthur reports it could send a huge, dangerous surge of water down the Fraser River.
"On December 10, 2023, the Isle of Wight witnessed a significant geological event when a major landslide occurred in Bonchurch, Ventnor, affecting an area of about 42 ha (approximately 104 acres).
This incident, displacing approximately 14 million cubic meters (nearly 494 million cubic feet) of material, stands as one of the largest landslides in modern history for both the Isle of Wight and the south coast of Britain.
As a result, around 20 properties near Leeson Road were evacuated due to the “devastating” landslide, which caused significant parts of the cliff edge along the road to collapse."
Mystery as 100-acre reservoir in China suddenly drains, leaving giant sinkhole and missing fish
https://www.sott.net/article/495960-Mystery-as-100-acre-reservoir-in-China-suddenly-drains-leaving-giant-sinkhole-and-missing-fish
I guess the moral of the story is don't build your house on a massive sandbank ie: Florida....
Homes Start to Sink in Polk County
Large earth crack swallows cattle in Hermosillo municipality, Sonora, Mexico
https://watchers.news/2024/09/08/large-earth-crack-swallows-cattle-in-hermosillo-municipality-sonora-mexico/
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/09/06/surge-in-sinkholes-in-turkeys-granary-endangers-agriculture
Professional engineer gives his observations on this landslide that has dammed up the Chilcotin River, when it fails there is going to be a lot of devastation down stream and they are already evacuating communities...
Officials warn the huge landslide holding back the Chilcotin River is unstable, and is expected to fail in the next 24 to 48 hours. Aaron McArthur reports it could send a huge, dangerous surge of water down the Fraser River.
I missed this event last year....
"On December 10, 2023, the Isle of Wight witnessed a significant geological event when a major landslide occurred in Bonchurch, Ventnor, affecting an area of about 42 ha (approximately 104 acres).
This incident, displacing approximately 14 million cubic meters (nearly 494 million cubic feet) of material, stands as one of the largest landslides in modern history for both the Isle of Wight and the south coast of Britain.
As a result, around 20 properties near Leeson Road were evacuated due to the “devastating” landslide, which caused significant parts of the cliff edge along the road to collapse."