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12 April 2013
The unusually large Bingham Canyon Mine landslide – an impressive example of prediction using monitoring
Initial information, and some fantastic images, are now available of the Bingham Canyon copper mine landslide. This is one of the largest mining-induced landslides of all time.
7 April 2013
Future trends in natural hazard losses – the Powerpoint file from my Geographical Association 2013 conference talk
A talk from the Geographical Association annual conference on future losses from natural hazards, focusing on storms, floods, earthquakes and volcanoes
5 April 2013
Landslides in Portugal, including a new landslide video
In Portugal this week heavy rainfall has triggered landslides. One of these events, at Guimarães, was captured in a dramatic video. An apartment block has been severely damaged as a result
4 April 2013
Caveat Emptor part 2 – the end game
Over the last few months a house in Torquay, England has been progressively lost to a landslide. This post presents a series of photos of its collapse
3 April 2013
More information about the Brazil riverbank failure landslide
Reader Raphael Rocha has kindly provided more information about the riverbank collapse landslide in Brazil last week, which killed six people
2 April 2013
Updated: The strange case of the sinking pontoon in Brazil
A floating dock at Santana in Brazil collapsed on Thursday night, killing six people. The cause was probably the catastrophic collapse of the quay in a landslide
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.
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