Basic Feature and Origin of the "8·8" Mountain Torrent-Debris Flow Disaster Happened in Zhouqu County, Gansu Province, China, Aug. 8, 2010
摘要
The Zhouqu event happened at 0∶12 of Aug. 8, 2010 in Zhouqu County of Gansu Province of China. It is an oversize mountain torrent-debris flow disaster which brought about momentous casualty and loss of belongings. It is finished with Aug. 30. There are 1467 death and 298 lost having been discovered in this disaster. It is calculated for that total volume of the solid deposits are 181×104 m3 which rush out from Sanyanyu and Luojiayu gullies through grid calculation. The movement time from two mountains to Zhouqu County is separately 2.1 minutes for Sanyanyu and 4.3 minutes for Luojiayu on velocity calculation of the mountain torrent head in different sections in this disaster.