The closure affects the same stretch of highway that was hit by deadly mudslides during the November, 2021 atmospheric rivers that devastated southwestern British Columbia.
The De La Salle University Manila (DLSU) student team's landslide risk assessment application has been named the sole representative of the Philippines in the upcoming United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Apps Challenge Global Finals.
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At the top of the show and quite a scene as i mentioned reminiscent of the horrible tsunami in japan more than a decade ago, in this case it was a powerful mud slide sweeping away dozens of homes. we ll show you the video. you can see in the center of your screen just that flood of black water and debris crashing into rows of houses there. this is happening in the town of atami west of tokyo. right now police, fire and military personnel are all on scene there trying to help with the search efforts. as you see that water just take away cars and sbien buildings in this video. a wall of mud and water. and torrential rain started slamming parts of japan earlier this week. experts say it likely loosened the dirt, increasing landslide risk in a country filled with valleys and mountains. so this is the result. 19 people are missing, numbers expected to grow as the day goes on. we re turning now to new
That suggested it was possible, but nothing that happened maybe just before and the days before that we know of that would have given people time to evacuate before the land just ripped away. it certainly sparked a conversation, though, about whether homes should be allowed to be built in these landslide prone zones. not only because of the risk of life but also because of the many resources it takes to respond to a natural disaster like this, carol. and i was wondering, would there be any way at all to prevent such a thing from happening? i think it s hard to say. we re talking about an act of mother nature. but we know the state has spent millions of dollars repairing those other damages caused by previous slides, trying to put in reinforcements, trying to reduce the risk of the landslide risk. there have been efforts taken over the last several years but, clearly, it wasn t enough. ana cabrera reporting live