Incredible landslide

[sToRmR1dR]

Incredible slow-moving landslide rips through trees and roads in Zarechny in Russia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=17&v=w3mJBrrqd-o

 

[Xico]

wow, this is amazing, I've never seen it like this before; seems like it was being pushed away

thanks for the link sToRmR1dR

 

[Laura]

Didn't look like much of a hill to me. Looked like a horizontal flow of land. Totally weird.

 

[Kasia]

Pretty upsetting... :(

 

[Palinurus]

This one was already published on SOTT: http://www.sott.net/article/295602-Film-shows-powerful-landslide-ripping-up-trees-like-matchsticks-in-Russia

It is likely the landslide was caused by spring meltwater that had seeped into the soil on nearby hillsides, according to The Weather Network.

When water is able to saturate most of the soil, the ground becomes more viscous and the soil is more likely to 'flow' downhill.

I noticed some construction appliances in the background. Maybe those had something to do with it as well ?

 

[Possibility of Being]

I noticed some construction appliances in the background. Maybe those had something to do with it as well ?

Yep, it seems so. That's Kuzbas (Kuznetsk Basin), see Wikipedia.

There is the same video posted by someone else (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gSDgZaHvtg) where you can find a guy Valery Valeryvich explaining in comments what happened (in ru). Basically, human carelessness in storing soil/clay/dump from the coal mine. Spring rains and melting snow made the upper layer of artificial dump/spoil bank move down toward nearby roads and river. A lot to clean up, enough for six months of intense work. As it turns out (again), open-cast mining is not as safe as we are supposed to believe. Fortunately no one died or was hurt.

http://tvzvezda.ru/news/vstrane_i_mire/content/201504182048-4xmv.htm

Eyewitnesses impressive video filmed at which the landslide on the section "Zarechny" near Novokuznetsk. The landslide happened on 1 April. Powerful landslide damaged power lines, cutting off highway Novokuznetsk - Large Talda and railways.

The footage posted by users on YouTube.com, is seen as an avalanche of snow and rock gradually moving on the road, at the same time breaking down trees and power lines bending.

According to local media reports, because of the incident on the neighboring coal mines disrupt the export of coal. It is assumed that the cause of the collapse was the error in the design of mining.

Apparently the mass was still moving on April 3rd:

http://www.novokuznetsk.su/news/city/1428052069

As it became known novokuznetsk.su, pre-breed descended volume is estimated at 10 million tons. According to our information the landslide, though slowly, but still continues.

Fortunately, the incident no casualties. Damage affected several cars and fuel depot. Crumbling rock was interspersed riverbed Kyrgay and railways.

As a result of the vanishing breed of objects on the territory of the sections were de-energized, but at the moment electricity is restored through the adjacent station.

According to sources novokuznetsk.su, has not yet made a decision about how to resolve crumbling rocks.

http://www.kem.kp.ru/online/news/2027671/

Mine section "Zarechny" in Kuzbass punished for the accident
Suspended work there for 90 days

Prokopyevsk district court ruled in relation to the section "Zarechny" for the state of emergency, which occurred on Wednesday, April 1. The penalty for the company was on the suspension of 90 days. On that day, hit the largest coal dump. As a result, it completely covered a train, cars were damaged and power line. About the breed descended volume amounted to about 10 million tons. In addition, pour the riverbed Kyrgay.

The court recognized the leadership of the coal enterprise guilty of violating industrial safety requirements. Start penalty will be calculated from the actual suspension of activities of the enterprise.

 

[Palinurus]

Thanks PoB for providing the additional explanation and its sources.