Sunday, December 30, 2012

Landslide causes mini tsunami on Chinese river


emirates247.com
Sun, 30 Dec 2012 07:10 CST

A van was hit by a wave of water created by a landslide Friday in central China's Hubei Province, leaving two people injured and damaging the Zhaojun Bridge, which temporarily suspended traffic.

The van was driving down the middle of the Zhaojun Bridge at around 10:00 when strong wave pushed the van back about one meter. It was fortunate that no one on the van itself was injured, and that the two people crossing in the bridge were not injured seriously.

"I was driving when I saw the rocks falling ahead. Then my van was pushed about one meter back by the splash. It was like the earthquake, and tsunami," said Liu Maoqing, the van's driver.

The mountain of the landslide itself was 500 meters away from the Zhaojun Bridge, and the volume of the rocks that fell was more than 10,000 cubic meters.

According to the reconnaissance by technical personnel of local Land and Resources Bureau, the landslide was caused by long-term physical weathering.

The traffic on Zhaojun Bridge has resumed.

Source: Reuters

Source: http://www.sott.net/article/255377-Landslide-causes-mini-tsunami-on-Chinese-river

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