Val Pola landslide
46°22′44″N 10°20′24″E / 46.379°N 10.340°E The Val Pola landslide (Val Pola rock avalanche) happened in
During June and July 1987 Valtellina witnessed an exceptionally high
Twenty-two people were killed by the main landslide, which created a huge wave in the temporary lake caused by a previous, smaller landslide.[6]
The landslide resulted in a 35 m deepening of the Val Pola canyon.[6]
The debris from the Val Pola
The resulting lake created the
The disaster coincided with the change of the government of Italy, including the replacement of the Minister of Civil Protection, which resulted in a certain amount of policy vacuum and non-optimal decisions.[7]
By appointment of the Ministry of Civil Protection, a large monitoring system was installed on many different sites throughout the Valtellina (Campofranscia, Spriana, Torreggio, Valpola), to check the progress of the landslide phenomena.[11][12]
In July 2007, a
In Italian
The corresponding article in the Italian language can be found here: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alluvione_della_Valtellina_del_1987
References
- ^ Costa, J. E.: Nature, mechanics, and mitigation of the Val Pola landslide, Valtellina, Italy, 1987–1988. Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie 35, 15–38, 1991.
- ^ ISBN 1-85728-094-6, p. 364
- ^ Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences(2003) 3: 523–538
- ^ a b "Vatellina 2007", a civil protection national exercise
- ^ "Vatellina 2007", a civil protection national exercise
- ^ a b c "Val Pola Rock avalanche of July 28, 1987"
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- ^ "Val Pola Rock avalanche of July 28, 1987"
- Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences(2003) 3: 523–538
- ^ Costa, J. E.: Nature, mechanics, and mitigation of the Val Pola landslide, Valtellina, Italy, 1987–1988. Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie 35, 15–38, 1991.
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