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19 July 2023

The devastating 17 July 2023 debris flow at Quetame in Colombia

The devastating 17 July 2023 debris flow at Quetame in Colombia, which killed at least 14 people including three children.

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29 June 2023

The 27 June 2023 landslide at Miansi, Sichuan Province, China

The 27 June 2023 landslide at Miansi, Sichuan Province, China, which is reported to have killed at least seven people.

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9 May 2023

The deadly mud and debris flows around Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo

On Thursday 4 May 2023, intense rainfall triggered a series of deadly mud and debris flows around Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), killing at least 401 people.

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20 April 2023

The 26 November 2022 Casamicciola landslide on the island of Ischia in Italy

A new paper in the journal Landslides describes the 26 November 2022 Casamicciola landslide on the island of Ischia in Italy, which killed 12 people

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15 March 2023

Lago Riesco: a large debris flow in southern Chile

On 11 March 2023 a large debris flow occurred close to Lago Riesco in the Aysen region of southern Chile, triggered by heavy rainfall.

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8 February 2023

Secocha: reports of 40 fatalities in landslides in Peru

On 5 February 2023 a series of deadly landslides struck the town of Secocha in Arequipa, Peru, killing at least 40 people.

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25 January 2023

The 30 August 2020 debris flow at Azijue village in Sichuan Province

In a paper published in the journal Landslides, Yan et al. (2023) discuss the 30 August 2020 debris flow at Azijue village in Sichuan, China, which killed three people and destroyed two villages. The losses were caused by an unusual secondary failure of ancient deposits in the channel bed.

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27 October 2022

Yucaipa: a remarkable debris flow video from the San Bernardino Mountains

Yucaipa: a remarkable debris flow video from the San Bernardino Mountains in California. The flows were triggered by heavy rainfall in the El Dorado fire scar on 12 September 2022

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10 October 2022

The 8-9 October 2022 disaster at Las Tejerías in Venezuela

On 8-9 October 2022 a “landslide” disaster occurred at Las Tejerías in Venezuela, killing at least 30 people, and leaving a further 54 people missing.

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21 January 2022

Murgame: a debris flow game from the WSL

The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) has written an interactive game, Murgame, that highlights the risks associated with debris flows to mountain communities

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