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4 August 2022
The 26 July 2016 landslide at Fushun west pit in China
On 26 July 2016 a 3.1 million cubic metre landslide occurred at a high wall coal mine at Fushun in China, causing extensive damage. The failure is documented in a new paper (Sun et al. 2022) in the journal Landslides.
3 August 2022
The 2 December 2020 Beach Road Landslide in Haines, Alaska
A new open access paper (Darrow et al. 2022) describes the 2 December 2020 Beach Road landslide in Haines, Alaska, which killed two people.
15 July 2022
Landslides triggered by exceptional rainfall in Australia
Recent heavy rainfall has triggered landslides in parts of eastern Australia, causing damage to railway lines and properties
14 July 2022
San Antonio de Prado: a high mobility landslide in Colombia
On Wednesday 13 July 2022 a major landslide occurred at San Antonio de Prado in Medellin, Colombia, killing at least two people
8 July 2022
Shifting the blame for the deadly landslide at Tupul in India
The Tupul landslide occurred at the site of a major construction project involving slope excavation, but officials are blaming poor farming methods for the failure
7 July 2022
The role of climate change in the May 2022 landslides in Pernambuco, Brazil
A new attribution study indicates that climate change is likely to have been a factor in the Pernambuco landslides in Brazil
30 June 2022
The Hallett Peak rockslide in Rocky Mountain National Park
On 28 June 2022 at about 4:30 p.m. a large rockslide occurred on the side of Hallett Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.
8 June 2022
San Carlos de Bariloche: a deadly slope failure in Argentina
On Monday 6 June 2022 a slope failure struck a hotel located close to San Carlos de Bariloche in Argentina, killing at least one person
1 June 2022
Multiple landslides at Mibei village in Guangdong during heavy rainfall in 2019
A paper just published in Landslides (Feng et al 2021) describes 327 landslides triggered by intense rainfall in June 2019 around Mibie village, Guangdong Province in China.
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
30 May 2022
Whitehorse escarpment, Yukon: a landslide caught on a monitoring camera
Whitehorse escarpment, Canada: on 28 May 2022 the Yukon Geological Survey recorded a significant landslide on a monitoring camera.
16 May 2022
Assam: damaging landslides at the start of the monsoon
Damaging landslides have occurred as a result of heavy rainfall in Assam state in the northeast of India over the weekend.
12 May 2022
The Sakae village landslide in Japan
In the morning of 9 May 2022 a significant landslide occurred near to Sakae Village in northern part of Nagano Prefecture in Japan.
10 May 2022
Bijie – a large rockslide, caught on video – in China
A 25,000 cubic metre rockslide occurred at Bijie in Guizhou, China on 8 May 2022. Three people are reported to have been killed.
9 May 2022
The Lowell Point landslide in Alaska
On Saturday 7 May 2022 a substantial landslide occurred near to Lowell Point, in the Seward area of Alaska in the USA.
5 May 2022
Malvik: an interesting landslide on the E6 highway in Norway
On Wednesday 4 May 2022 an interesting landslide occurred at a construction site on the E6 highway near to Malvik in Norway.
4 May 2022
The Claxton Bay landslide in Trinidad
The residents of a community in the Claxton Bay area of Trinidad in the Caribbean are having their lives destroyed by a landslide
22 April 2022
Understanding the deadly landslides in the Durban area of South Africa
Earlier this month the Durban area of South Africa suffered landslides and floods that have killed at least 440 people.
21 April 2022
Wairoa: hundreds of landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in New Zealand
Wairoa: heavy rainfall in recent weeks has triggered hundreds of shallow landslides in the Hawkes Bay region of New Zealand
19 April 2022
Planet image of the Kantagnos village landslide in the Philippines
Planet have captured a high resolution satellite image of the 11 April 2022 Kantagnos village landslide in the Philippines.
