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Date:	2015-12-21 07:55:35
Blog:	Geology in Motion
URL:	http://www.geologyinmotion.com/2015/12/horrific-landslide-slams-industrial.html

Summary:

Building after hit by landslide, from CNN.com here        On Sunday, noon local time, a landslide (mudflow?) slammed into an industrial park burying, according to recent CNN reports, 22 buildings according to the CNN report, 33 buildings according to a NYTimes.com report. The site appears to be fairly close to Hong Kong on the north side, and in an area of steep hills. Accounts are obviously very preliminary at this time. Three buildings housed workers. 1500 rescue workers are on site combing through rubble. A section of a major pipeline carrying natural gas exploded when hit by the slide. A video of one building collapsing is available here (from CNN.com), but it doesn't show anything of the slide/flow itself.  I will update this if more information becomes available, and I recommend keeping an eye out for a post on AGU's Landslide Blog. Dave Petley hasn't posted anything as of the time I'm writing (approximately midnight, US west coast time), but he will likely have a thorough report in the near future.The Twitter account of the official People's Daily, citing the Ministry of Land and Resources, reports that the material that flowed was a huge pile of construction debris.

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Geographic context:

Location	Country	Latitude	Longitude
Hong Kong	HK	22.4112	114.154
Shenzhen	CN	22.5468	114.113
West Coast	US	40.1912	-123.295

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