Landslides: Causes of the Landslide in Guinsaugon, Philippines
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Causes of the landslide in Guinsaugon
- Slash and burn techniques used to clear the land for agricultural use
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Deforestation of the jungle in Leyte due to illegal logging.
- Located in low latitude and the typhoon belt, the Philippines gets a lot of rain each year.
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674mm of rainfall was recorded from Feb. 8 to Feb. 17
2006
Illegal logging is a big problem in the Philippines. Deforestation causes the slope to lose support and increase runoff. Resisting force exceeds driving mass force leads to inequilibrium of the slope and the landslide
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