On the road to the Chao-lin landslide, part of the bridge collapsed about five years ago due to scouring and torrential rains (23.45N, 120.56E, 08:33:39, October 1, 1999).
Rock debris fell down in front of the tunnel portal during the earthquake (23.57N, 120.72E, 10:14:11, October 1, 1999).

View of the toe of the Chao-lin landslide. The access road was cut on the landslide material after the landslide took place (23.58N, 120.68E, 12:17:03, October 1, 1999).
Another view of the landslide toe. The debris accumulated on the mountain at the other side of the valley (23.58N, 120.68E, 12:49:22, October 1, 1999).

View of the mountain from which the landslide originated (23.58N, 120.67E, 13:22:59, October 1, 1999).
A view of the landslide taken from the right side (23.58N, 120.68E, 12:17:10, October 1, 1999).

Vertical scarps exposing native weak sedimentary rocks under the landslide (23.58N, 120.68E, 12:18:35, October 1, 1999).
There were debris of houses and pickup trucks on the top of the landslide mass (23.58N, 120.67E, 13:11:36, October 1, 1999).

The wooden house was torn apart as it was carried by the landslide (23.58N, 120.67E, 13:26:34, October 1, 1999).
The container was only slightly damaged although it had traveled a great distance with the landslide (23.58N, 120.67E, 13:25:53, October 1, 1999).

The small pickup truck was not too damaged although it had traveled a great distance with the debris flow (23.58N, 120.67E, 13:22:48, October 1, 1999).
The minibus was damaged by the debris flow much less than most cars in freeway accidents (23.58N, 120.67E, 13:31:57, October 1, 1999).

The transmission tower on the top of the mountain fell down in the bottom of the valley from 1500m to 600m elevation (23.58N, 120.67E, 13:59:17, October 1, 1999).
The rescue team facing the desolation of the landslide (23.58N, 120.67E, 13:53:25, October 1, 1999).

The military was taking part to the rescue operation and helped to extract bodies from the landslide (23.58N, 120.67E, 13:40:27, October 1, 1999).
On October 1, 1999, the recovery operations were still ongoing to extract bodies (23.58N, 120.67E, 13:42:21, October 1, 1999).

The man on the picture had lost relatives due to the landslide. He related that four persons came alive from a reinforced concrete building after a 2-minute long downfall in the landslide. 34 persons died due to the landslide (23.58N, 120.67E, 13:57:54, October 1, 1999).
A landslide close to the Chao-lin landslide blocked the road, and a new road had to be opened on the top of the landslide (23.58N, 120.68E, 14:47:06, October 1, 1999).

Most of the trees still stood vertical on the landslide (23.58N, 120.68E, 14:49:22, October 1, 1999).
Many boulders fell from the mountains and blocked the road (23.58N, 120.70E, 15:06:32, October 1, 1999).

The road was littered with rock fallen from the mountains (23.57N, 120.71E, 15:08:20, October 1, 1999).