VolcanicDegassing

Slope failure

Landslides, lake tsunamis and the tragedy of Lago Cabrera

Fifty years ago, on 19th February 1965, a rock and ice landslide fell from the summit face of Volcan Yate in southern Chile. It was mid-summer, and was one of the warmest and wettest February records in that part of Chile on record. The debris slid rapidly down a narrow gully, losing at least 1500 metres in elevation, …[Read More]