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Spectacular Erosion Caused by UK Flooding
October 1, 2012 | The Landslide Blog

An apartment building is almost totally undermined by the erosion of a massive flooding event in northern England. It is held up only by the pilings. An aerial video is posted on the BBC website.

Updates in a subsequent post on The Landslide Blog.


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