BURITICUPU, Brazil (Reuters) - The city of Buriticupu, in the northeastern tip of the Brazilian Amazon, is being slowly swallowed by the earth. In recent weeks, huge sinkholes, several meters (feet) deep, have led the municipal government to declare a state of emergency.
Some 1,200 people of total 55,000 population are at risk of having their homes tip into the widening abyss.
"In the space of the last few months, the dimensions have expanded exponentially, approaching substantially closer to the residences," an emergency decree issued by the city government earlier this month said about the sinkholes.
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."
BURITICUPU, Brazil (Reuters) - The city of Buriticupu, in the northeastern tip of the Brazilian Amazon, is being slowly swallowed by the earth. In recent weeks, huge sinkholes, several meters (feet) deep, have led the municipal government to declare a state of emergency.
Some 1,200 people of total 55,000 population are at risk of having their homes tip into the widening abyss.
"In the space of the last few months, the dimensions have expanded exponentially, approaching substantially closer to the residences," an emergency decree issued by the city government earlier this month said about the sinkholes.
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Moral of the story, don't build your property on a fucking sand bank.
In Wales...
Homes evacuated as a large sinkhole appears in Merthyr Housing Estate
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."