Chinese News agencies are reporting that a landslide overnight buried
16 households in Gaopo Village of Zhenxiong County, in Yunnan Province,
China. Whilst estimates vary as to the number of known fatalities,
CRIEnglish reports 18 confirmed deaths from a total of 40 people buried in the landslide. On the other hand,
China Daily is reporting 16 deaths and 37 people unaccounted for, so it seems inevitable that the fatality count will rise further.
The
timing of this event looks interesting and perhaps surprising. The
images of the landslide seem to show a thin covering of quite fresh
snow, which is not an obvious condition for landslide triggering. The
overview image, shown below, is also interesting:
- http://english.cri.cn/6909/2013/01/11/2702s743084_2.htm
Judging by this image, the landslide was a reasonably rapid flow consisting mainly of mud and soil rather than bedrock:
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