Mass Wasting Hazards

The different types of Mass Wasting Hazards around the world are Falls/Avalanches, Landslides, Flow, and Creep.
The type of mass wasting hazard that Japan gets hit by a lot is landslides. Landslides are sudden, have fast movements of soil or rock sticking together. There are two types of landslides in which they occur, one of them involves along a flat surface parallel to the angle of the slope in a stepped-liked pattern with no rotation. Meanwhile the other type has movement of surface material along a concave surface. Both of these types of landslides can be moist but are not usually saturated with water.

On July 2018, the Japanese government confirmed that at least 155 people died in floods and landslides that were triggered by torrential rain in western Japan. It has been stated that it was the highest death toll caused by rainfall that Japan has seen in decades.
Here are a few pictures of the damages:
Police arrive to clear debris scattered on a street in a flood hit area in Kumano
Residents try to upright a vehicle stuck in a flood-hit area in Kurashiki
An aerial view of flooded houses in Kurashiki

Residents cross an area still flooded in Kurashiki, Okayama prefecture on July 9, 2018

Man walks past a devastated street during floods in Saka

Here is how Japan  has tried to prevent landslides:
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism has been asking local authorities since 2006 to hold landslide and national disaster prevention drills that involve local residents. June has been designated as landslide prevention month due to the reason that it's when rainy season starts and the danger of landslides increases. So throughout June, the country prepare for heavy rain and typhoons.

 References:
https://www.thoughtco.com/mass-wasting-and-landslides-1434984
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44775627
https://www.nippon.com/en/features/h00275/preparing-for-japan%E2%80%99s-inevitable-landslides.html

Comments

  1. Yojna PrasadMarch 29, 2019 at 10:08 PM

    Hi Manny,

    First of all nice post! I liked how simple yet informative your blog post on mass wasting mainly landslides in Japan was. It was nice to learn about the recent dead tolls that Japan faced because of floods and landslides. I also enjoyed your choice of images and the information on what the Japanese government is doing in order to help Japan with the mass wasting disasters. Keep posting as always!!

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  2. Ana GGMarch 30, 2019 at 1:55 PM

    I like that Japan is working on awareness and prevention...those images are terrific...it really shows how big the devastation can be..

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