CGC 1W1 Natural Disasters

Landslides/Avalanches

CASE STUDY #1: FRANK SLIDE, ALBERTA 1903

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulavtoTSEjM

CASE STUDY #2: SAINT-JEAN-VIANNEY MUDSLIDE 1971

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_xR83g2BIc

It's been half a century since a landslide engulfed a Quebec town - The Weather NetworkOn this day in weather history, a landslide destroyed an area of Quebec.

CASE STUDY #4: SOUTHERN LEYTE MUDSLIDE 2006

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS1ZQGvqYbE

Landslide buries homes, school in PhilippinesA landslide on a Philippine island Friday buried hundreds of homes and a school packed with students. Many people were feared dead and the Red Cross estimated that 1,500 residents were missing.

CASE STUDY #4: FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE MUDSLIDE 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmW3S1rTwX0

Reflections on Sierra Leone's mudslide disasterReporter Umaru Fofana reflects on a week that saw horrific mudslide and flooding in the capital, Freetown.

CASE STUDY #5: VARGAS, VENEZUELA MUDSLIDE 1999

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ljJ-NjU2_o

Venezuela mud slides of 1999 | Mudslide Disaster, Debris Flow, Caracas | BritannicaVenezuela mud slides of 1999, devastating mud slides in Venezuela in December 1999. An estimated 190,000 people were evacuated, but thousands of others, likely between 10,000 and 30,000, were killed. Over the course of 10 days in December 1999, torrential rains inundated the mountainous regions of

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8412249.stm

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