{"id":26656,"date":"2020-08-12T06:20:34","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T06:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=26656"},"modified":"2020-08-12T06:20:37","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T06:20:37","slug":"a-massive-landslide-took-place-in-kerala-after-received-heavy-rainfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/a-massive-landslide-took-place-in-kerala-after-received-heavy-rainfall\/","title":{"rendered":"A massive landslide took place in Kerala after received heavy rainfall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A massive landslide has took place in Kerala at Pettimudi, a hamlet in Rajamala ward under Munnar village panchayat on 6 August and crushed a settlement of 83 tea estate workers. So far, 49 bodies have been recovered, 12 persons have been rescued and many are still missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key-Point<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Rajamala includes Eravikulam National Park, and the landslide was triggered from a shola forest region in the national park. Rocks, slurry and sludge crashed down a distance of around 1\u00bd km to a patch of valley in Pettimudi, crushing the houses of estate workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The location where the landslide was triggered has a 40\u00b0 slope, and any slope above 20\u00b0 is vulnerable to slipping during heavy rain. The soil has a high content of sand, which absorbs more water, takes a loose form, and is at risk of slipping down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2019, 59 persons died in Kavalappara, Malappuram. In Puthumala, Wayanad, another landslide killed 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2018, in various landslides in Idukki, 60 died. Elsewhere, a landslide in Thamarassery, Kozhikode killed 14, and another in Kurancheri, Thrissur killed 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Landslide<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A landslide is defined as the movement of a mass of rock, debris, or earth down a slope. Landslides are a type of “mass wasting,” which denotes any down-slope movement of soil and rock under the direct influence of gravity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The term “landslide” encompasses five modes of slope movement: falls, topples, slides, spreads, and flows. These are further subdivided by the type of geologic material (bedrock, debris, or earth).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Debris flows (commonly referred to as mudflows or mudslides) and rock falls are examples of common landslide types.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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