Keelung mudslide

Excessive rain and an absorbent type of soil were factos that caused a landslide that buried a three story building in keelung City on sunday. The absorbent clay soil and the high volume of accumlated rainfall over hte past month most likely caused the hillside to slip. Also the drains near the building were too narrow to handle the runoff from the rain, which cuased overflows and loosened the soil and rocks near the building. Six of the nine people who were trapped in the warehouse have been rescued, two of whom were badly injured. The other three managed to get out before the rescue workers arrived.