11 June 2010
Two very interesting galleries of recent landslides
Posted by Dave Petley
I am now trying to catch up on everything that has been pushed aside by the Attabad landslide saga. Whilst all of this has been going on there have been a number of other substantial landslide events. Two of these have impressive galleries of images available, both of which are worth a look:
1. Tropical Cyclone Agatha in Guatemala
The landfall of Tropical Cyclone Agatha on 29th May triggered extensive landslides over a wide area in that country, killing over 150 people. One of the affected areas was the town of San Antonio Palopo. A group of the expatriates have set up a website appealing for assistance (I have no idea as to the legitimacy of this appeal, but also have no reason to disbelieve them). They have put a gallery of images online here. An example of the images is this:
2. Lanckorona, Poland
Meanwhile, the town of Lanckorona in Poland is being slowly destroyed by a large, slow moving landslide, with terrible consequences for the inhabitants. At the time of writing, a second phase of movements has been reported. There is a couple of decent videos of the town here, but most impressive (and dreadful) is the extensive gallery of images here, including these two:
Both sets of images are worth a look




Dave Petley is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His blog provides commentary and analysis of landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
Landslide dams in Haiti now:haitiannewsnetwork.org
almost the length of a football field? 20 feet deep? wondering why the international community has done nothing? This is a joke of a lake!
Another landslide in Poland in 2010 year:
https://youtu.be/WFl3KbF3OCo
After big rains in South Poland in May and June 2010 (causing flood) started 1300 landslides