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Landslides are mass movements of soil or rocks down a slope suddenly or slowly, this is
produced when the ground becomes unstable.
On average the landslides kill more than 8.000 people every year around the world.
Causes: The type of rocks and soils
The intensity of the rains
The orientation of fractures or cracks in the earth
Seismic activity
Human activity
Erosion by human and natural activity*: Natural erosion
Water erosion
Wind erosion
Anthropic erosion
* The erosion is the degradation and transport of soil or rock which produce different
processes on the surface of the Earth.
More frequent landslides
Downfall
Slippage---------------- Rotational slippage
Translational slippage
Flows-------------- Earthflows
Mudflows
Avalanche
Creeping
What to do before landslides?
1) Do not buy or rent batches or buildings in landslide prone areas.

2) Do not trust in false promises and ask for secure and legal housing to the appropriate
entities
3) Organize preventive actions in case of landslide in the place where you live.
4) Do not cut the mountain if you are not sure that is enough resistant
5) Do not build with hard materials in weak terrains
6) Take care with the adequate drainage of water lest it filter into the ground
7) Avoid burning, logging and overgrazing
8) Sow plants to strengthen land
9) Do not accumulate garbage because it can clog drains
10) Have always an evacuation plan with an effective alarm system for your family and
your neighborhood
11) Have a meeting point
12) Have a kit with all the thing necessary and some whistles and flashlights cannot lack
What to do during landslides?
1) Leverage the few seconds you have to alert other people.
2) Avoid the panic, it is your worst enemy.
3) Evacuate as quickly as possible.
4) If you can, help children, ancients and disabled persons.
What to do after landslides?
1) Take care with the debris and the weak columns because you can cause another collapse
2) Take care if you turn on fire because there may be a gas leak and you can cause an
explosion
3) Move or carry the wounded to safe places attention very carefully
4) Help to rescue people and be attentive of another landslide
5) Do not stay there and go to the familiar's houses
6) Follow the instructions given by the authorities and relief agencies
The tragedy in the dam of Vajont.
It was a hydroelectric project.

 The disaster occurs about on ten and a half at night.

The engineers did calculations with many mistakes.
Water had seeped into the side of Mount Toc and the ground Began to separate and fall
into the water.
In the last 2 years the water level was raised and reduced about three times to control the
risk of landslide.
The engineers thought that they could to control the nature how they wanted but they
were wrong again.
They planned to leave a space in the dam about 25 meters for contain the water, when the
land fell within the dam.
One of the things that caused the disaster was a layer of clay.
The unstable part was made by a group of rocks separated from each other.
The real wave had 250 meters high.
This disaster kills 2000 people and destroyed the whole town of Longarone and other
small villas.

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