Two Milford Sound women had to run for their lives after a huge slip this week peeled off the side of Mt Underwood. The slip, near Milford Sound, has blocked the Te Anau-Milford highway and will take many days to clear.
A huge landslide that began on Thursday in central China's Hubei province has destroyed houses and blocked a river, and the flow of mud and rock is expected to continue in the coming days. The landslide occurred in Badong county, near Qingjiang River, after rising water in a reservoir loosened the foundation of a slope. Qiaohe River, a major tributary of Qingjiang, had been blocked by mud and rocks. No casualties were reported and all the 660 or so residents in the affected area would be evacuated by Monday. With the water in the reservoir still rising, more than 26 million cubic metres of mud and rock would flow in the next few days, more than three times the size of the slide that had already occurred. Source: Reuters
The Qingjiang River basin is located from 90º33 to 122º19 east longitude. and from 24º27 to 35º54 north latitude.