A major landslide has occurred and is still ongoing in Italy, causing the town of Niscemi to be literally split in 2. Buildings at the edge of the landslide were split in half, while others tumbled as much as 70 feet downslope. As a result, evacuations were triggered due to this geologic event in Sicily. However, some of the affected area was previously designated as a very high hazard risk landslide area. Thumbnail Photo Credit: Dr. Richard Roscoe, Photovolcanica, Licensed Image This thumbnail image does not show the Niscemi landslide. See the landslide hazard map for yourself at: https://idrogeo.isprambiente.it/app/pir?@=37.15377039979198,14.378957691750484,17 Note: This link specifically zooms into the area of Niscemi, Italy (on Sicily). Here are two video clips posted by news sources of the damage in Niscemi (I did not film these clips): Landslide damage clip 1: https://youtu.be/eqnVMF6QiRc?si=u0LSoV4CQ38v4mAX Landslide damage clip 2: https://youtu.be/cygsmWu6vFg?si=Aw9nNgoJKJODNEJ9 If you would like to support this channel, consider using one of the following links: (Patreon: http://patreon.com/geologyhub) (YouTube membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYeGh5VML5XPr5jYnzh3J6g/join) (Gemstone & Mineral Etsy store: http://prospectingarizona.etsy.com) (GeologyHub Merch Etsy store: http://geologyhub.etsy.com) Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google & Data Providers This video is protected under "fair use". If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, contact me by email at [email protected] and I will make the necessary changes. Various licenses used in sections of this video (not the entire video, this video as a whole does not completely fall under one of these licenses) and/or in this video's thumbnail image (and this list does not include every license used in this video and/or thumbnail image): Public Domain: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode Sources/Citations: [1] U.S. Geological Surey [2] Novellino, Alessandro & Pennington, Catherine & Leeming, Kathryn & Taylor, Sophie & González Álvarez, Itahisa & McAllister, Emma & Arnhardt, Christian & Winson, Annie. (2024). Mapping landslides from space: A review. Landslides. 21. 10.1007/s10346-024-02215-x., CC BY 4.0. [3] U.S. Geological Survey (2004) Landslide Types and Processes. Fact Sheet 2004–3072. https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2004/3072/ [4] Cruden, David. (1996). Cruden,D.M.,Varnes, D.J.,1996, Landslide Types and Processes, Transportation Research Board, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Special Report, 247: 36-75. Special Report - National Research Council, Transportation Research Board. 247. 36-57. [5] IdroGEO, The Italian web platform on landslides and floods, https://idrogeo.isprambiente.it/app/ 0:00 Niscemi Landslide 1:13 Landslide Speed 2:32 Hazard Map 2:46 Landslide Types 3:41 Storm Harry 4:04 Clay + Water