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18 January 2022
Arhavi, Turkey: the appalling landslide impacts of new roads
Arhavi, Turkey: a new paper in the Journal Natural Hazards (Tanyaş et al. 2022) shows that landslide impacts of new roads can be comparable to that of a medium sized earthquake
25 January 2021
Increasing occurrence of large glacier-related landslides in high mountain areas
Large glacier-related landslides in high mountain areas are increasing with time, according to a new study (Liu et al. 2021)
15 April 2020
Kegesuglo: a deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea on Friday 10 April 2020
On Friday 10 April 2020 a large channelised landslide killed 10 people at Kegesuglo in Kundiawa-Gembog district in Papua New Guinea.
21 January 2017
Xekaman 3 hydroelectric plant in Laos: a very major landslide in December
On 16th December 2016, a major landslide destroyed the penstock and associated infrastructure at the Xekaman 3 hydroelectric power plant site in Laos
18 February 2016
An update on the Yaglidere Landslide, including another video
I have come across another video of the Yaglidere landslide in Turkey. Caner Zanbak has also provided very useful information about this landslide.
12 December 2015
Two interesting landslide videos from Congjiang, China and Manali, India
Two dramatic landslides appeared on Youtube this week, a huge rockfall from Manali in India and a landslide destroying houses in Congjiang, China
