Mass Wasting Week:8
According to the book landslides are a comprehensive term in which any type of downslope movement of earth materials, which in stricter sense, mass wasting refers to a rapid downslope movement of rocks or soil as a more or less coherent mass . There are many types of mass wasting and downslope such as rock fall, slump, soil slip, rock slide, avalanche, creep, earthflow, debris flow, and complex which depend on the area of the situation (217). Driving and resisting forces are not static because as local conditions change, these force are likely to change, increasing or decreasing the safety factors, which determine the variables of type of earth materials, slope angle and topography, climate, vegetation, water and time all account for in the environment.
ccording tp BBC news article dozens of people dead in Pakistan and India after landslide and flooding in 2016. At least 58 people are reported killed in the northern Pakistan and India by flash floods which occurred with monsoon rain falls and which triggered landslides. But I will be focusing on Pakistan. hundreds of people die in southern and northern parts due to monsoon raining flood seasons. A flash flood hit the village of chitral overnight, several people were praying in the local mosque and some were sleeping that were killed. The country was in panic, rescuers deployed as soon as they could but sadly late to save many lives. Personally I who have lived in Pakistan and in first hand has experience how poor some villages are and have visited them. How poorly the road, building structures and how the area is near a larger lake or river which can be a risk.
To prevent mass wasting in parts of Pakistan personally I think in order to protect people the government should invest in the sewer system to prevent a flood from happening and loosening up the ground. Personally the Pakistan government only cares when a massive death toll due to a mass wast affects them. I couldn't find anything that related to preventing mass wasting besides rescuring people when its really serious.
work cited
http://www.bbc.com/news/world
KELLER, EDWARD A.. DEVECCHIO, DUANE E. NATURAL HAZARDS: earths processes as hazards, disasters, and catastrophes (fourth edition). ROUTLEDGE, 2016
To prevent mass wasting in parts of Pakistan personally I think in order to protect people the government should invest in the sewer system to prevent a flood from happening and loosening up the ground. Personally the Pakistan government only cares when a massive death toll due to a mass wast affects them. I couldn't find anything that related to preventing mass wasting besides rescuring people when its really serious.
Hi Jade! This is a great post. It was very informing that both Pakistan and India were affected by this horrific landslide. It's unfortunate that a flash flood preceded the event of a landslide. The same kind of disaster happened in my country, Fiji, too. Your post was very informational, and I'm really looking forward to reading more about Pakistan!
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Hi Jade! It is interesting that Pakistan had a landslide that killed that many people. My country is Brazil, and they also had a landslide, that killed many people. Unfortunately they had no way of telling the people of Brazil, but since this event, they have set some in place. They now alert people on their cell phones to tell them what is happening and to alert them when a landslide is occurring. Great post.
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Hello, Jade! Thats crazy! I cant believe how personal this is to you." Personally I who have lived in Pakistan and in first hand has experience how poor some villages are and have visited them". I have had this experience too with the Santa Barabra landslides earlier this year. Its one thing reading about these events, but when it happens to somewhere you have lived and people you know, It really hits a whole new level. "A flash flood hit the village of chitral overnight, several people were praying in the local mosque and some were sleeping that were killed. " Just like in Chitral over night/ early morning the same thing happened in Santa Barabra. It's such a shame and truly devasting because the people and animals had no warning. Great post, and I look forward to more this semester!
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