17 May 2011
Landslide wave video
Posted by Dave Petley
Thanks to Tom Hodgson for the heads-up on this one.
Youtube has a video of a wave generated by a landslide in Porcupine Bay in Washington State in 2009. Whilst the news report is a little breathless, the footage of the wave is good:
The Sliding Thought Blog, which now seems to be defunct (?), has a good description of the event. Kudos to the camera woman for her rescue – the two boys survived with only minor injuries.
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.
[…] landslides that triggered waves of different magnitudes have been reported in this blog: (1) Porcupine Bay, Washington State, (2) Nord-Statland, Norway, (3) Vaiont, Italy, (4) Daning River, China, (5) Sokjosen, Norway and […]