A massive rockfall that struck a village in Alborz mountains, Iran, was caught on camera.
Alborz mountains extend from southwestern Azerbaijan to northeastern Iran stretching for about 900 kilometers. In the mountain chain, the two highest mountain tops of Iran, Mount Alām and Mount Damāvand, are located.
On March 20, 2020, a huge boulder, measuring around 30 m3, passed through a village in Mazandaran, a province in north Iran located in the southern coast of the Caspian Sea. The boulder advanced downhill and devastated a bridge, two warehouses, 4 residences and 4 vehicles.
The rockfall incident occurred after intense rainfalls struck the region. Fortunately, there were no victims since the inhabitants had evacuated the village before the disaster.
The region is prone to rockfalls and landslides triggered either by intense precipitation or earthquakes. In summer 2016, 4 people were killed after a landslide struck a road in Alborz mountains. The victims included a 4-member family whose car was hit by a 0.3-ton boulder.
Click the video below to watch the course of the huge boulder that hit the village and the infrastructure damage that it caused.
Source: American Geophysical Union
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