Mass Wasting in Israel
The image above shows a close-up of potential landslide activity evaluated by NASA's Landslide Hazard Assessment.
Rainfall is the most common trigger of landslides around the world. If conditions under the Earth's surface are unstable, heavy rains cause mud, rock, or debris to rapidly move down mountains and hillsides. Think hazard states, that landslides are a medium hazard due to rainfall patterns, terrain slope, geology, soil, land cover, and earthquakes.
In 2016, a rockslide was reported at the Mountains of Sodom near the Dead Sea. There is no information as to what caused the rockslide, but it is believed that heavy rainfall caused the hazard. Luckily the family inside the cave rushed out as soon as the rocks collapsed. Another reported landslide was in 1970, and about 20 Israelis were killed. The rockslide was caused by a fissure resulting from rainfall.
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Good information-how about their mitigation measures?
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