Mass Wasting in China

Mass Wasting in China

China is very prone to landslides, due to it being on shaky ground, so they should be more well prepared for these disasters, like the one in Zhouqu. The landslide made many people homeless, and unfortunately killed many people as well. The Ministry of Land and Resources said the landslide had been caused by many things; one being that the location was an area prone to geological disasters and that the effects of the Wenchuan earthquake in May 2008 didn't help either. Zhou Pinggen, head of CIGEM’s geological risk survey and monitoring office had said that the majority of China’s counties do not have geological monitoring stations. Efforts have been made to help restore the regular way of life in the western part of China. A permanent water supply is being restored and should give people safe drinking water within five months of being completed. Zhouqu's main water supplies were cut after the mudslides, so emergency water containers had been used for a while after the disaster, but cannot be used forever.