Research carried out by a bunch of Turkish scientists revealed on Wednesday that 92 folks misplaced their lives in 2,826 landslides that occurred in 11 provinces affected by the pair of earthquakes that struck the southeastern area of the nation practically two months in the past.
The “Landslide Assessment Team (SLATE),” shaped by professors and lecturers from Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Middle East Technical University (METU) and Twente University from the Netherlands, took notice of labor and subject investigations, which lasted for a few month, to detect post-earthquake landslides.
As a results of the examine, it was decided that 2,826 landslides had been triggered after the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquakes, whereas it was famous that Incirlik Street, which is related to the Karanlikdere neighborhood of Malatya’s Doğanşehir district, slipped 482 meters (1,581 ft) as a consequence of a landslide. It was additionally famous that the village of Narlı was divided into two.
As a part of the survey, it was confirmed that 9 of the 32 homes had been utterly destroyed in Mutlu village within the Çelikhan district of Adıyaman owing to landslides, and the hydroelectric energy plant in Çelikhan was additionally destroyed because of earthquakes.
The researchers additionally famous that Idilli Stream and the dam lake, shaped as a consequence of a landslide in Gaziantep’s Islahiye district, started retaining water.
While elaborating on the analysis, ITU’s Tolga Görüm stated that after the Feb. 6 earthquakes, a crew of 5 folks instantly went to the area in an effort to provoke subject work.
Noting that they decided the placement of landslide areas from photographs obtained by the General Directorate of Mapping, Görüm stated that they understood the scope of destruction brought on by the landslides after visiting the area.
“The total number of landslides triggered by the earthquakes is at least four times higher than the number of landslides mapped so far,” he stated.
Explaining that the most important landslides they’ve noticed occurred in Malatya’s Doğanşehir district, the place many buildings had been razed after the earthquakes, Görüm additionally famous the tremors had broken agricultural areas within the area.
Drawing consideration to landslides in Incirlik and Kilise streets in Doğanşehir, Görüm stated that 16 houses and a college had been affected with out casualties. “The landslide started 40 seconds after the earthquakes and residents managed to evacuate their homes. Yet, the ground moved by 482 meters, rendering it completely uninhabitable,” he stated.
“Mostly, landslides have been intense in the mountainous parts of Malatya and Adıyaman region and in some areas of Hatay’s Samandağ district,” Görüm famous, including that bedrock falls continued with aftershocks. He additionally highlighted that the landslides ought to be considered in the course of the choice and planning of recent post-earthquake settlements.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
