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Rock Slope Stability Symposium 2016
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From 15 to 17 November 2016 the Rock Slope Stability Symposium 2016 (RSS 2016), will be organised in Lyon (France). RSS 2016 aims at gathering scientific and technical actors concerned by rock slope stability. Topics that will be treated are:
- Site investigation and rockfall hazard modelling
- Monitoring techniques
- Rockfall trajectory analysis
- Risk management
- Protection structures
- Case studies
More information can be found on the Symposium website
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.
