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Spectacular Rockfall Video
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Video of a spectacular rockfall in Switzerland in the community of Evolène (Valais).
As the local geologists said, the rock had been considered as fragile and was under observation. About 2000 cubic meters of rock finally toppled from a cliff, falling down into the valley. A few houses got evacuated and one road closed before although the rocks did not reach this infrastructure.
Landslide casualties above average in Switzerland in 2014
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In 2014, the number of people who died due to shallow landslides was above average in Switzerland. A landslide in Tiefencastel, on August the 13th, derailed a train and caused one casualty. Furthermore, on 5 November, a farm house standing approximately 150 m from the forest limit was buried by a landslide in the municipality of Curio (Canton Ticino) after days of very heavy rainfall. A woman and her daughter were killed. Later, on the 16th of November, the impact of a landslide caused the collapse of a 3-storey residential building in Davesco (Canton Ticino). Four people were injured and two were killed. More information on natural hazards in Switzerland in 2014 can be found on the website of the WSL in German, in French or in Italian.
Extension of Rockyfor3D
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Improvements in the Graphical User Interface (GUI) of the 3D rockfall trajectory simulation software Rockyfor3D have been implemented on demand of the many users. The current version (Rockyfor3D v5.2.1) allows a “rapid automatic simulation”, which only requires a Digital Elevation Model as input. All parameters related to surface roughness and elasticity are calculated automatically, using pessimistic values. The new GUI also allows defining directly the form and the dimensions of the blocks to be simulated. Errors related to directory paths containing spaces have been fixed. The algorithms for calculating the rockfall kinematics have not been changed. All members can download Rockyfor3D v5.2.1 from the tools section of our website (after login).
