Need more information for a safe city
UNIS geologists believe, among other things, monitoring stations must be established that can help predict when landslides may threaten the city.
Professor Hanne Christiansen is the head of the Arctic Geology department at The University Centre in Svalbard. She says that when landslides occurred there was 18 millimeters of rain with an intensity of up to 2.8 millimeters per hour over a 12-hour period. This happened while the landscape had its maximum thawing depth and after a very wet summer with 138 millimeters of rain since June 1.
Ole Humlum
