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28 June 2022
Always fly with the window blinds up: the West Salt Creek landslide
Always fly with the window blinds up: images of the large 25 May 2014 West Salt Creek landslide in Colorado, USA
31 May 2022
Images of the deadly landslides in Recife, Brazil
Over the last few days heavy rainfall has triggered a wave of deadly landslides in the Recife area of Brazil
22 March 2022
Scud Glacier: images of the 2020 rock avalanche in British Columbia
Scud Glacier: aerial images of the 2020 rock avalanche in British Columbia in Canada.
22 November 2021
The British Columbia landslides and floods – new images of the impacts
Over the last few days new sets of images have been posted online of the enormous impact of the landslides that affected parts of British Columbia a week ago, caused by an exceptional rainfall event.
10 September 2021
Landslides from the 7 September 2021 M=7.1 Guerrero earthquake in Mexico
Images of landslides from the 7 September 2021 M=7.1 Guerrero earthquake in Mexico
7 December 2020
High resolution satellite imagery of the Mount Eagle peat slide
High resolution satellite imagery from Planet Labs showing the Mount Eagle peat slide in the Republic of Ireland
14 January 2020
The Hope Slide in Canada: new images released by BC Highways
Last week, BC Highways released an archive of images taken in the immediate aftermath of the 48 million cubic metre 1965 Hope Slide in British Columbia, Canada
9 October 2019
Whanganui: a large landslide on State Highway 4 in New Zealand
Late last week a large landslide developed on State Highway 4 between Whanganui and Raetihi in Ruapehu district of New Zealand
2 February 2018
Landslides in the Maipo Valley, Chile
As part of our Newton Fund project, I spent a few days in January looking at the giant landslides of the Maipo Valley in Chile. These are some of my photos of these amazing rockslides and rock avalanches
18 September 2017
Landslides from the Kaikoura Earthquake Part 4: partially failed slopes
The Kaikoura Earthquake left a landscape with many partially failed slopes. Forecasting the behaviour of these slopes is a major challenge
14 September 2017
Landslides from the Kaikoura earthquake part 1: the Seafront landslide (also wrongly known as the Seaward landslide)
Helicopter images of the very large Seafront Landslide, also known as the Cow Slide, triggered by the Kaikoura earthquake in New Zealand
22 August 2017
The Zuta Village landslide: another example of a high mobility slide
In July the Zuta Village landslide in Hunan Province, China killed nine people. This was another spectacular example of a high mobility landslide
4 July 2017
La Palma – initial images of the “mega-landslide”
Over the weekend I was lucky enough to visit the island of La Palma. I have posted some initial images of the site of the Cumbre Vieja “mega-landslide
8 May 2017
The Mocoa landslides: new satellite images
GFZ Postdam and ReliefWeb have released a set of PlanetLab satellite images showing the Mocoa landslides which killed over 400 people last month in Colombia
5 December 2016
Lidar – the amazing landslide mapping tool
An example from Washington State in the USA illustrates how Lidar is transforming the mapping of landslides in vegetated areas
14 November 2016
First news of landslides from the Kaikoura Earthquake sequence in New Zealand yesterday
Images are just starting to emerge of multiple large landslides triggered by the Kaikoura earthquake in New Zealand yesterday.
27 July 2016
Landslides from the M=6.1 earthquake in the Atacama Desert on 25th July
On 25th July 2016 a M=6.1 earthquake in the Atacama Desert appears to have triggered large numbers of landslides in the hills near the town of El Salvador, 100 km from the epicentre
18 April 2016
Landslides from the Kumamoto earthquake in Japan
The Kumamoto earthquake in Japan appears to have triggered a large number of landslides. This post provides some images of some of the larger landslides
6 March 2016
Kalimpong Day 3: the downstream effects of poor urban water management
On Kalimpong Day 3 we visited a gully that is being actively eroded as a result of poor urban water management in the town
2 February 2016
Landslides in Chile Part 5: Water waves triggered by landslides and the Mentirosa Island Landslide complex
The Mentirosa Island landslide complex comprises four tsunamigenic soil-rock slides in Patagonia, Chile, with a combined volume of 8 million cubic metres.
