South Korean Mass Wasting

 South Korean Landslide/Mudslide Articles
South Korean landslides/mudslides killed less or equal to 53 people according to articles that demonstrate the disaster that occurred in South Korea. The websites of the articles are The Guardian, ABC, Daily Mail, The New York Times, The Telegraph, Blogosphere, Reuters and Korea Herald.
One article from the website, The Blade, explains that South Korea’s military alerted the public that landmines have moved due to landslides.
  Global/Local Warning Center:
Global warning centers include National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Here are the links: NASA; Global Landslide ( Below first two images) and NASA; Modeling Landslides (Below last images). The only local website is called Korea Meteorological Administration.



Safety precaution for Landslides/Mudslides:
Global websites include Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,  American Red Cross, and Urgence Quebec (below last image). These sites explain how to be safe before/during/after landslides or mudslides occurred.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (below image):

American Red Cross (below image):

Urgence Quebec (below image):

Travel:
 If you plan to travel in South Korea, you should check this website called smartraveller.gov.au.

Smartraveller(below image):
Plans for South Korean Landslides:
Other websites, such as World Landslide Forum: how-to-reduce-the-effects-of-a-landslide,  Hindawi  and Finanz Nachrichten.de: south-korea-to-set-new-pv-construction-rules-after-landslide-destroys-array, explain how to minimizes  the effects of the landslides, how to stabilize the area due to landslides that occurred and how to create rules for the construction after the landslide is finished.
 Fact for South Korean Landslides:
Jaehoon Kim from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in Colorado State University, explains how landslides are triggered by extreme rainstorms. If you want to know how a landslide is triggered by extreme rainstorms, see pages 11 through 16 in chapter 2.2 ( www.engr.colostate.edu:Jaehoon.pdf ).

Links Provided:
Articles:
http://search.abc.net.au/s/search.html?query=south+korea+mudslide&collection=abcall_meta&form=simple
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jul/27/south-korea-landslides-kill-17
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-korea-landslide/landslides-flash-floods-hit-south-korea-32-dead-idUSTRE76Q0F920110727
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/28/world/asia/28korea.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2019236/South-Korea-53-dead-missing-heavy-rain-causes-floods-landslides.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/8665688/Torrential-rain-storms-in-South-Korea-lead-to-flooding-and-landslides.html
https://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2011/07/27/devastating-landslides-in-south-korea-and-fears-of-more-to-come/
https://www.toledoblade.com/World/2011/07/28/Military-warns-landslides-may-have-dislodged-mines-in-South-Korea-as-flooding-deaths-rise.html
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20110728000887
Safety:
https://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/types-of-emergencies/landslide.html
https://www.urgencequebec.gouv.qc.ca/En/situation-urgence/Pages/Glissement-de-terrain.aspx
https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/landslides.html
 Plan:
http://www.wlf2.org/how-to-reduce-the-effects-of-a-landslide/
https://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2018-07/44268402-south-korea-to-set-new-pv-construction-rules-after-landslide-destroys-array-451.htm
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/amete/2016/4572498/
Travel:
https://smartraveller.gov.au/guide/all-travellers/avoiding-danger/pages/severe-weather.aspx#heavy-rain-flooding-mudslides-and-landslides
Other Information:
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11854
https://pmm.nasa.gov/articles/modeling-landslide-threats-near-realtime
https://www.engr.colostate.edu/~pierre/ce_old/resume/Theses%20and%20Dissertations/Jaehoon%20Kim_Dissertation.pdf
https://web.kma.go.kr/eng/index.jsp

Comments

  1. UnknownOctober 12, 2018 at 1:47 PM

    Hi Luis,

    I thought you did a great job this week with your post. Its clear you did a lot of research, It seems like the best advice any one can get is to be in the know. Just being prepared for the worst possible scenario is the best was to ensure that you and your family's safety. I look forward to your future posts, have a great weekend.

    Cheers, Tyler Deleon

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  2. Ana GGOctober 13, 2018 at 12:57 PM

    ok, that is called research.....wow....well, it seems this country is very aware of this hazard risks and doing all possible to mitigate it. I was looking at a 2018 article that mentions how they are using GIS to map all the risk areas. which is a great technique- [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225932484_Development_of_GIS-based_geological_hazard_information_system_and_its_application_for_landslide_analysis_in_Korea].

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  3. Christian MoraOctober 14, 2018 at 6:35 PM

    i enjoyed reading your post, one of the things i notice is that it looks this county is aware of this hazard and being prepared for anything that can happen.

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