Killer landslides
Type
Label
Killer landslides
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
Killer landslides
Medium
electronic resource
Runtime
60
Series statement
Nova
Summary
Just before 11 a.m. on March 22, 2014, an ominous rumble startled the residents of the community of Oso, Washington. It was the terrifying sound of what would become the United States' deadliest landslide in decades. The equivalent of one million dump truck loads of earth came plummeting down the valley. In a little over two minutes, a pile of debris up to 75 feet deep slammed into the neighborhood of close to 50 homes. While a massive search and rescue effort continues at the site, geologists are tracing the geological history of Oso to explain why the site was so unstable. But all around the world, scientists have reason to fear that the worst is yet to come. Globally, landslides and other ground failures take a tremendous human and economic toll, and with climate change bringing a sharp rise in precipitation, the threat of bigger, more frequent landslides is growing. As NOVA surveys landslide danger zones, discover how and why landslides happen, and how radar monitoring technologies could help issue life-saving warnings
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Subject
- Stillaguamish River Watershed (Wash.)
- Geomorphology
- Mudflows -- Washington (State) -- Snohomish County
- Landslides -- Washington (State) -- Oso
- Landslides -- Washington (State) -- Snohomish County
- Disaster victims -- Washington (State) -- Snohomish County
- Mudslides -- Washington (State) -- Snohomish County
- Soil liquefaction
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Rescue work -- Washington (State) -- Snohomish County
- Mudslides -- Washington (State) -- Oso
- Radar in earth sciences
- Snohomish County (Wash.)
- Slopes (Soil mechanics)
- Oso (Wash.)
- Landslides + Research
- Landslide hazard analysis
Content
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor4
- Genre1
- Subject17
- Stillaguamish River Watershed (Wash.)
- Geomorphology
- Mudflows -- Washington (State) -- Snohomish County
- Landslides -- Washington (State) -- Oso
- Landslides -- Washington (State) -- Snohomish County
- Disaster victims -- Washington (State) -- Snohomish County
- Mudslides -- Washington (State) -- Snohomish County
- Soil liquefaction
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Rescue work -- Washington (State) -- Snohomish County
- Mudslides -- Washington (State) -- Oso
- Radar in earth sciences
- Snohomish County (Wash.)
- Slopes (Soil mechanics)
- Oso (Wash.)
- Landslides + Research
- Landslide hazard analysis
- Content1
- resource.cinematographer1
- Director1
- resource.editorofmovingimagework1
- Is Part Of1
- Narrator1
- Producer1
- resource.screenwriter1