Category: Landslide

• Please check the situation near your home in advance to make sure there is no danger of landslides or there is a plan for escaping the possible disaster.

• Should you find any precursors such as the cracking of the ground, the sound of falling trees, falling rocks, etc. please evacuate to a safe place as soon as possible.

• If you are at home go to a room above the second floor and opposite to the slope of the mountain.

• Follow the information on disaster prevention, forecast and other information in a timely manner.

• Precursor warning signs: river water may become turbid or the water level may suddenly decrease, the ground rumbles, water seeps out from the hillside, trees may tilt, the ground cracks, rocks roll down, etc.
• Slopes may suddenly collapse, trees uproot and slide down and earth, sand and boulders fall, along with a torrent of mud.
• Depending on the speed of flow downwards, the destructive force is large and the scope of the disaster is wide.
• It more frequently occurs on steep slopes, between mountains, developed land or on steep fan-shaped terrain.
• If the landslide is close to the house, the consequences can be unimaginable and it is highly likely that the home will be involved in being washed away.

Landslides may be caused continuous heavy rainfall, snowmelt or earthquakes.

The timing and magnitude of a landslide depends largely on the geology of the slope, the topography, the vegetation, the rainfall, other hydrological conditions and the degree of seismic activity.

Landslides include boulder falls from cliffs, steep slope cave-in, and mudslides.