House walls crack as land opens up and shifts under intense rain

By The Nation

 

 

Days of heavy rain have caused cracks in the land and pieces of earth have broken away in Lampang's Mae Mo district affecting eight homes located within an eight-rai (1.3 hectares) radius early on Monday morning.

Tambon Mae Mo mayor Chucheep Boonnak led disaster prevention and mitigation officials as well as local bodies and police to inspect the scene on a slope of land near a creek in Ban Huai King (Moo 6) in Tambon Mae Mo.

 

The discovered that the cracks and subsidence, had caused cracks in house walls and collapsed toilets in some homes. Several roadside power poles were also damaged.

 

A team of officials from the Department of Mineral Resources have been contacted to later inspect the scene to determine the cause.

 

Full story: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30329395

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-10-16

If they were built on landfill, probably wasn't compacted properly.

Whatever, I expect the drainage was either not installed, or insufficient.

Don't know if it has any bearing but Mae Mo has been the site of extensive lignite mining for decades.

3 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

If they were built on landfill, probably wasn't compacted properly.

Whatever, I expect the drainage was either not installed, or insufficient.

Landfill, next to a creek? Where does it say that?

On ‎10‎/‎18‎/‎2017 at 11:30 PM, Ruffian Dick said:

Landfill, next to a creek? Where does it say that?

IF is the significant word.