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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.
5 January 2021
Planet Labs high resolution satellite image of the Gjerdrum landslide in Norway
A high resolution satellite image has now been captured by Planet Labs of the Gjerdrum quick clay landslide in Norway
1 January 2021
The scale of the Gjerdrum landslide: a helicopter video
The scale of the Gjerdrum landslide: NGI have released a helicopter video that shows the staggering extent of the quick clay failure.
31 December 2020
An update on the Gjerdrum landslide in Norway
An update on the Gjerdrum landslide in Norway – 10 people remain missing, but the one source of hope is that overnight a dog named Zajka was rescued
30 December 2020
Gjerdrum: a quick clay landslide disaster in Norway this morning
A quick clay landslide disaster has occurred at Gjerdrum in Norway this morning. There are 14 people unaccounted for, some of whom are children, and 9 people injured. The rescue teams have been unable to enter the landslide zone
18 June 2020
Quick clay landslides: an online documentary about Rissa
Quick clay landslides: a documentary film made by NGI, posted to Youtube about the Rissa landslide, illustrates the strange properties of quick clays .
8 June 2020
A further significant failure at the site of the Alta quick clay landslide
On Friday 5 Jue 2020 a further significant failure occurred at the site of the Alta quick clay landslide. The landslide has destroyed a section of road
5 June 2020
The Alta Quick Clay Landslide: further footage
New footage has been posted to Youtube showing the Alta Quick Clay landslide, including drone imagery of the aftermath of the main failure
4 June 2020
Alta: a truly remarkable video of a quick clay landslide in Norway
The remarkable video of a landslide at Alta in Norway yesterday is probably the finest recording of a quick clay landslide to date.
12 May 2020
The Váráš rock slope deformation in northern Norway
The Váráš rock slope deformation in Troms County in northern Norway, a 70 million cubic metre, 100 m deep creeping landslide.
18 December 2019
Larvik: a classic wedge failure on a Norwegian road last week
Late on Friday 13 December 2019 a large wedge failure developed on a cut rock slope on the E18 motorway at Larvik in Norway
6 September 2019
Veslemannen in Norway – major movement, and possibly a significant failure, reported
After a phase of accelerated movement in the last few days, the large Velsemannen rockslide in Norway underwent a significant failure overnight
1 August 2019
Sogn og Fjordane: a series of large landslides in Norway
Sogn og Fjordane county in Norway suffered a series of large, rainfall-induced landslides on Tuesday, killing at least one person.
24 June 2019
Salaks: an unusual video of a landslide impact in Norway
On 8th June 2019 a landslide struck the Salaks salmon processing plant in the northern part of Norway. The landslide was caught on CCTV footage.
7 November 2018
Mannen rockslide: The postman always rings twice; two post-glacial stability crises with multiple catastrophic rock-slope failures – is there more to come?
Recent research shows that the problematic Mannen rockslide in Norway has shown two previous phases of extensive activity. Guest post by Paula Hilger of NGU
10 May 2017
Geiranger Fjord in Norway: the spectacular rockslide video
On Monday a significant rockslide on the flanks of Geiranger Fjord in Norway was captured on a video now posted to Youtube
13 November 2016
Asakveien: a deadly quick clay landslide in Norway on Thursday
On Thursday afternoon a quick clay landslide occurred at Asakveien in Norway, tragically killing three Lithuanian forestry workers
