2010 Gansu mudslide

Mudslide in China 33 47 N 104 22 E region:CN_type:event title April 2014 November 2017 2010 Gansu mudslide China Gansu#China 33.783 104.366 Landslide Red pog.svg top 260 right yes ≈ Approximately23:00 CST (UTC+08:00) 8 August 2010 Zhouqu County, Gansu, China Landslide 1,471Deng Shasha Death toll from NW China mudslides rises to 1,471; 294 still missing http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-09/02/c_13474994.htm 17 September 2010 Xinhua 2 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100905190256/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-09/02/c_13474994.htm 5 September 2010 dead 294 A deadly mudslide in Zhouqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, China occurred at midnight on 8 August 2010. It was the deadliest individual disaster related to the 2010 China floods. The mudslides killed more than 1,471 people 2010 8 21 on, while 1,243 others have been rescued and 294 remain missing.Wang Guanqun Death toll from NW China mudslides rises to 1,434 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-08/21/c_13455846.htm 22 August 2010 Xinhua 21 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100827025742/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-08/21/c_13455846.htm 27 August 2010 deadMudslide death toll in northwestern China rises to 1,407 http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/08/20/china.mudslides.toll/ 20 August 2010 Cable News Network 20 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100825090445/http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/08/20/china.mudslides.toll/ 25 August 2010 liveLife in mudslide-hit town goes on 19 August 2010 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-08/19/c_13453089.htm Xinhua News Agency 19 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100823125006/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-08/19/c_13453089.htm 23 August 2010 deadChina declares day of mourning for flood victims https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/china-declares-day-of-mourning-for-flood-victims-1.961715 14 August 2010 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 14 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100817002351/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/china-declares-day-of-mourning-for-flood-victims-1.961715 17 August 2010 liveWang Peng Death toll from China mudslide rises to 1,156; 588 still missing http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-08/14/c_13444285.htm 14 August 2010 Xinhua 14 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100818032514/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-08/14/c_13444285.htm 18 August 2010 deadhttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/08/11/china.landslides.rescue/?hpt=T2 Death toll climbs to 1,117 in China mudslides 11 August 2010 13 August 2010 CNN The missing were presumed dead as officials ordered locals to stop searching for survivors or bodies to prevent the spread of disease.Xing Guangli Death toll from NW China mudslides rises to 1,435 as authorities ban further searching for the dead http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-08/22/c_13456608.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20121107061454/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-08/22/c_13456608.htm dead 7 November 2012 22 August 2010 Xinhua 22 August 2010 Over 1,700 people evacuated had to temporarily live in schools. The floods and mudslide were triggered after decades of clearcut logging practices had reduced the ability of the watershed to absorb heavy rainfall.At least 127 dead, 1,300 missing in northwest China mudslides 9 August 2010 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-08/09/c_13435781.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20121107061200/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-08/09/c_13435781.htm dead 7 November 2012 Xinhua News Agency 9 August 2010https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129061163 1,100 Missing in China As Asian Flood Misery Rises NPR 9 August 2010 10 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100809202903/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129061163 9 August 2010 dead Cause Map and satellite image of the affected areaRen Diandong 2014-04-16 The devastating Zhouqu storm-triggered debris flow of August 2010: Likely causes and possible trends in a future warming climate: future Peri-Himalayan extreme precip. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres en 119 7 3643–3662 10.1002/2013JD020881 129152340 free Zhugqu County was the worst hit location, where mud submerged houses and tore multi-storey blocks of flats to pieces. The seat of Zhouqu County was densely populated, with 50,000 people (42,000 of them are permanent population) in an area of 2 km2.http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1824628/1.html zh:甘肅舟曲縣長稱縣城將在原址重建 18 August 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120307173554/http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1824628/1.html 7 March 2012 After the heavy rain, there was a buildup of water behind a dam of debris blocking a small river to the north of the city of Zhugqu; when the dam broke, around 1,800,000 m3 of mud and rocks swept through the town, in a surge reported as up to five stories high, covering more than 300 low-rise homes and burying at least one village entirely.http://www.euronews.net/2010/08/08/mudslide-disaster-strikes-tibetan-region-of-china/ Mudslide disaster strikes Tibetan region of China Euronews 8 August 2010 10 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100818023622/http://www.euronews.net/2010/08/08/mudslide-disaster-strikes-tibetan-region-of-china/ 18 August 2010 liveLitany of warnings preceded mudslides, SCMP, 10 August 2010 The mudslide left an area 5 km long by 300 metres wide in average levelled by mud with average thickness of 5 metres.http://big5.ce.cn/xwzx/gnsz/gdxw/201008/12/t20100812_21713851.shtml zh:舟曲災區遇難人數升至1117人 社會功能正恢復 18 August 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110725165836/http://big5.ce.cn/xwzx/gnsz/gdxw/201008/12/t20100812_21713851.shtml 25 July 2011 An image of the disaster region is at http://spacegizmo.livingdazed.com/2010/08/10/zhugqu-china-mudslide/ Zhouqu, China Mudslide 2010-08-11 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100816112731/http://spacegizmo.livingdazed.com/2010/08/10/zhugqu-china-mudslide/ 16 August 2010 dmy – note that north is to the right in that image. The Christian Science Monitor reported that two science researchers had predicted the mudslides in 1997.Ford Peter China mudslides were predicted 13 years ago https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0812/China-mudslides-were-predicted-13-years-ago 13 August 2010 The Christian Science Monitor 12 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100815214005/http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0812/China-mudslides-were-predicted-13-years-ago 15 August 2010 live The People's Daily has argued that the mudslide was due to a "perfect storm" of natural events, including "soft" "weathered" rock, heavy rainfall, drought, and the Sichuan earthquake two years before.Foyle Robert http://shanghaiist.com/2010/08/11/gansu_landslide_another_manmade_dis.php Gansu landslide: Another manmade disaster? Shanghaiist 11 August 2010 13 August 2010 Authorities dismissed claims that the mudslides were "man-made".Zhang CriEnglish.com Landslide Not "Man-Made": Authorities http://english.cri.cn/6909/2010/08/13/53s588307.htm 13 August 2010 Crienglish.com 13 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100831160622/http://english.cri.cn/6909/2010/08/13/53s588307.htm 31 August 2010 dead Relief The Gansu province had received 120,000,000 Chinese yuan (US$17,000,700 ) by 13 August. Hong Kong and Macau both donated millions of dollars to Gansu, with Macau donating more than US$7 million,Society China Hong Kong, Macao donate to mainland disaster areas http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/7102821.html 14 August 2010 People's Daily Online 12 August 2010Mo Hong'e Macao donates over $7 mln for Gansu mudslide relief http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-08/12/c_13442487.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20121107061552/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-08/12/c_13442487.htm dead 7 November 2012 14 August 2010 Xinhua 12 August 2010Society China HK proposes 50 mln HKD for mudslide victims in Gansu province http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/7104440.html 14 August 2010 People's Daily Online 13 August 2010 and the United States donated $50,000 to Zhugqu County.Xinhua English.news.cn U.S. donates $50,000 to mudslide-flattened NW China county http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-08/11/c_13440544.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20121107061621/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-08/11/c_13440544.htm dead 7 November 2012 14 August 2010 Xinhuanet 11 August 2010 Gyaincain Norbu, China's 11th Panchen Lama choice, donated ¥50,000 to relief efforts and prayed for the victims.http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-08/15/content_11155199.htm Panchen Lama prays for mudslide victims 15 August 2010 16 August 2010 China Daily https://web.archive.org/web/20100818073706/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-08/15/content_11155199.htm 18 August 2010 live Reaction On 15 August, a day of mourning was observed, with flags lowered to half-mast at government buildings within China and at embassies in foreign countries. Additionally, all public and online entertainment was suspended, and major newspapers and internet sites were grayscaled. At the Expo 2010 in Shanghai, all activities were canceled. Such events are rare in China; only after an earlier earthquake in 2010 and the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in recent years have such periods of mourning been observed.China mourns mudslide victims as relief operation continues http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-08/16/c_13446273.htm Xinhua 15 August 2010 16 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100819053124/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-08/16/c_13446273.htm 19 August 2010 dead References Gansu Mudslide, 2010 Category:Disasters in Gansu Gansu mudslide 2010 Category:Zhouqu County Gansu mudslide Category:August 2010 in China