The paint program can help you make new image files, but it cannot open document or pdf file. Aug 08, 2020 at least 22 people have been killed after monsoonseason floods triggered a landslide in the southern indian state of kerala. As malabar faces deadly landslides, debate shifts to. On 9 august 2020, 49 people died during a landslide at a tea plantation in rajamala. Rescue workers wnd volunteers at work at the landslide site at kavalappara in malappuram where 21 dead bodies have been recovered and 38 are still missing. Sep 05, 2018 a house in nilambur, kerala with its ground floor shattered. The regular annual rainfall of the southwest monsoons cause devastating landslides in kerala due to the unique geomorphic setting. Mar 11, 2017 a potential head ward retreat landslide area was identified in munnar, a hill station in western ghats of kerala, india. Geological and geomorphological features, elevation, slope stability, surface characteristics etc. Adobe systems is a software manufacturer that has created many document and multimedia editing programs. Such redistribution of rock, sand, debris and other materials leads to disaster especially in a state having a third position in the population density in our country. Pdf file or convert a pdf file to docx, jpg, or other file format. Constructing a complete landslide inventory dataset for the. Pdf is a hugely popular format for documents simply because it is independent of the hardware or application used to create that file.
Landslide hazard zonation lhz mapping of attappady, kerala. Mass wasting is a highly susceptible event in the regions of western ghats in kerala. It is a narrow strip of land, of which 47% is occupied by the most prominent orographic feature of peninsular india, the western ghats mountain chain. Idukki, wayanad and thrissur in the state of kerala. The major railway line, which connects palakkad in kerala and coimbatore in tamil nadu passes through the foot hill region of southern slopes of the steep hills of the area. Luckily, there are lots of free and paid tools that can compress a pdf file in just a few easy steps. Idukki, wayanad and thrissur in the state of kerala, caused a death toll about sixty and a heavy loss of cultivating. If your pdf reader is displaying an error instead of opening a pdf file, chances are that the file is c. Haridas, hydrogeologist, has said that kerala land has lost its immunity and landslips and related phenomena are here to stay. Kerala receive high amount of rain fall during monsoon which make the slopes of hilly areas vulnerable to landslides.
Eerie similarities between puthumala, kavalappara landslides. The western flank of the western ghats covering the eastern part of kerala is one of the major landslide prone areas of the country. Landslide hazard zonation lhz mapping of attappady. Among the 14 districts of kerala, are prone to landslides. The pdna for the floods and landslides was made possible due to the collaborative efforts of the government of kerala, the kerala state disaster management authority, the united nations agencies, the european commission and, swiss agency for development and cooperation sdc, european union civil protection and humanitarian aid echo. Since the onset of southwest monsoon on may 29, wayanad district in kerala has experienced 247 landslides. Five people have been killed and 10 people have been rescued in a massive landslide at pettimudi in rajamala in idukki district during the early hours of fri. In kerala lightning, landslides debris flows and floods are the most commonly occurring natural hazards. A potential headward retreat landslide site at munnar, kerala. Most electronic documents such as software manuals, hardware manuals and ebooks come in the pdf portable document format file format. Landslides can be initiated in slopes already on the verge of movement by rainfall, changes in water level, stream erosion, changes in ground water, earthquakes, volcanic activity, disturbance by human activities or any.
Pdf weathering and landslide occurrences in parts of western. Recurring landslides in the western ghats an environmental. Because of its topography and climatic conditions, kerala is prone to landslides frequently and in every rainy season landslides causes severe damages to the state. Landslides of shallow nature but disastrous are very common in the hill ranges of kerala, the southernmost state of india. Droughts and minor earth tremors also occur occasionally. The kavalappara landslide in the western ghats of india. History of landslide susceptibility and a chorology of landslide prone areas in the western ghats of kerala, india. Nearly 22,165 people have been shifted to relief camps. Most recent kerala landslides in ecologically sensitive. The recent tsunami of 26 december 2004 added a new dimension to the disaster profile of the state. As many as 145 people died in landslides in the last two years in kerala.
The indian express 82018 39 people have reportedly died and over 60,000 people have. The kavalappara landslide in the western ghats of india the. Rainfall thresholds for prediction of landslides in idukki, india mdpi. Kerala has population density of 860 people per square km in comparison to uttarakhand which has 189 people per square km. Depending on the type of scanner you have, you might only be able to scan one page of a document at a time. There have been 80 landslides in the span of 2 days, as said by the chief minister. Aug 14, 2018 kerala state is currently facing the worst flooding and landslides on record since 1924. They found a vulnerable population that will soon face fresh landslide risks as a new monsoon approaches. Quarrying and the unscientific cutting of slopes into hills aggravating the risk of soil erosion. Being a geoscientist its our need to find out exact reasons and remedies to prevent it so that atleast we could save more lives. Jun 28, 2008 kerala is the third most densely populated state in india. The highlands of kerala experience several types of landslides, of which debris flows are the most common. This article explains what pdfs are, how to open one, all the different ways.
Weathering, landslides, cia, western ghats, kerala. Kerala, which is been hit by incessant rainfall, witnessed 24 landslides in the last 24 hours spiking the death toll to 22 on august 9, 2019. Aug 11, 2020 the august 7 landslide at pettimudi in kerala s idukki district in which 49 plantation workers were buried alive necessitates a microlevel landslide hazard mapping for the state apart from relocation and rehabilitation of people from ecologically fragile danger zones. The photos portray the utter devastation caused by the collapse of a hill and successive landslides in two villages of the state. Investigation of landslide prone areas in idukki district, kerala, india ananthu s nair1, ashwin mathew2, midhilaj khan v h3, sevin george4 1 student, dept. Aug 10, 2020 why landslide in kerala is in the news.
Landslide is the movement of a mass of rock, debris or earth down a slope. Deadly landslides are becoming keralas new reality every monsoon. Kerala, however, is highly vulnerable to natural disasters and the changing climatic dynamics given its location along the sea coast and with a steep gradient along the slopes of the western ghats. Debris flows and rock falls are examples of common landslides. Landslides have caused massive damage of life and property during extremely heavy rain across india, most recently in kerala. At least 14 people were killed and over 50 others feared trapped in debris after a landslide triggered by heavy rains flattened a row of dwelling units of tea estate workers at pettimudi in this highrange district in kerala early friday, police and officials said. A pdf file is a portable document format file, developed by adobe systems. Kerala floods joint detailed needs 2018 assessment report 1 page. Aug 10, 2020 at least 43 people, including three children, have died with dozens more feared buried after torrential rains triggered a landslide in the southwestern indian state of kerala. Deadly landslides are becoming keralas new reality every. This report pertains to the initial assessment of the landslide affected areas, suggestions rendered as immediate corrective measures and the 42 point detailed geoparametric attributes of the landslide inventory. I paid for a pro membership specifically to enable this feature. A pdf portable document format is a widely popular type of document format created by adobe.
Aug 12, 2019 kavalapara was among the 10 places that were marked as highly vulnerable to landslides, as per the list released by the kerala state disaster. Kerala state disaster management authority envis centre. Searching for a specific type of document on the internet is sometimes like looking for a needle in a haystack. Pdf geomorphology and landslide proneness of kerala, india a. Landslides are a major hazard along the western ghats in wayanad, kozhikode, idukki and kottayam districts as seen in the weather led disaster that occurred in 2018. Madhav gadgil, the head of the western ghats ecology expert panel wgeep, which prepared the noted gadgil committee report, said if the kerala government had heeded the reports recommendations, the extent and the intensity of landslides in kerala in 2019 and 2020 could have been much lower. Scary details of kerala landslip benumb one and all the. Wayanad village devastated by landslide, at least eight killed almost 24 hours after what was one of the worst landslides to occur in kerala in recent history, puthumala village is deserted. One of the fun things about computers is playing with programs like paint. Slope failures were reported from 9th june, 2018 in different parts of idukki district, kerala falling in survey of india toposheet nos. In kerala out of 14 districts are prone to landslides. This paper is an endeavor to define a regional threshold for the idukki district kerala which is a severe landslide prone zone in the western.
Investigation of landslide prone areas in idukki district. Wayanad village devastated by landslide, at least eight. You can use the tools in paint to add something to a different document. What kind of landslide is this a fall, mud flow, debris flow, or slide. This imminent landslide was suspected to be formed in three different stages viz. In august 2020, pettimudirajamala, idukki district of western ghats witnessed another massive landslide where more than 50 lives lost. Unrestricted mining operations in both places have contributed to environmental degradation. Landslides may have been less intense if kerala had heeded. The landslip in idukki, that has so far claimed continue reading insights into editorial. If your scanner saves files as pdf portbale document format files, the potential exists to merge the individual files into one doc.
The data from the kerala state disaster management states that, as many as 1,789 houses had been damaged fully in between 8 and 19 august, while the number of partially damaged houses is 14,542. Aug 15, 2019 the kerala forest research institute data shows around 700 quarries in proximity of 50 metres to 10 kilometres near 30 landslide sites in kerala, on western ghats. Landslides can be induced either by earthquake or rain fall. Wayanad village devastated by landslide, at least eight killed. Kerala, a state in india recently devastated by serve monsoon rains. The incidence of unabated rain during aug 14th 16th of 2018 led to unprecedented number of landslides in three districts. Landslide is the movement of a mass of rock, debris or earth. The kedarnath landslide in uttarakhand in june 20, caused by flash floods that resulted in over 5,000 deaths, was identified as the most tragic such disaster. The soil structure of the kerala land has changed drastically. The state of kerala, in southern india, pummeled by rainfall deluge during the monsoon seasons of 2018 and 2019, experienced several. Houses in idukki district were swept away after torrential rain and. Aug 24, 2019 simultaneously, a landslide susceptibility map being readied by the geological survey of india has already covered over,000 km of the 18,000 km mountain region in kerala.
The location where the landslide was triggered, according to the kerala geology department, has a 40 slope, and any slope above 20 is vulnerable to slipping during heavy rain. The soil has a high content of sand, which absorbs more water, takes a loose form, and is at risk of slipping down. The state is reeling under damage to property worth rs 19,000 crore, death of people, livestock and heavy loss to agriculture, especially in kuttanad, alappuzha, also known as kerala s rice bowl and the state has submitted a comprehensive plan to central government to improve the disaster management capacity of the state. Monsoon climate is prevalent throughout the length of. They are called urul pottal in the local vernacular. In all 474 people have been reported to have died, 12. The landslide event, which is reported has occurred on 14th october, 2012 evening, after continues rainfall for last two days. At least 43 people have died in a landslide in the southern indian state of kerala, with nearly two dozen missing, a senior official has said the landslide struck a tea plantation in the. Read on to find out just how to combine multiple pdf files on macos and windows 10.
Landslide and flood revival prefabrication houses in kerala. History of landslide susceptibility and a chorology of. An oversized pdf file can be hard to send through email and may not upload onto certain file managers. This means it can be viewed across multiple devices, regardless of the underlying operating system. Sep 05, 2019 kerala and uttarakhand might be on the opposite ends of the country, but have one thing in commonboth states are prone to landslides and flooding. Kerala floods joint detailed needs 2018 assessment report. Survivors have been shifted to relief camps at meppadi town, 15 km away. Kerala is prone to high incidence of lightning, especially during the months of april. Casualties in the united states are primarily caused by rockfalls, rock slides, and debris flows. Under gsis post disaster studies in kerala a team of two geoscientists carried out post event studies at 10 recently occurred landslides locations in idukki district, kerala during the months of june and july. Over 100 people have died in the last seven days due to floods and landslides in kerala, and the number of deaths is feared to climb as nearly 30 are still m.
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