21 June 2023 15:17 in landslide report, Monitoring by Dave Petley
A summary of the 15 June 2023 Brienz/Brinzauls rockslide collapse in the Swiss Alps by Simon Loew and his colleagues.
Tags: Europe, featured, landslide report, Switzerland
12 June 2023 07:13 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On 11 June 2023 a large rock avalanche occurred on the southern flank of Flüchthorn in the Austrian Alps. The runout distance was about 2 km.
Tags: Alps, Austria, climate change, Europe, featured, landslide report, rock avalanche
14 February 2022 07:53 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Recent exceptionally heavy rainfall has triggered two large landslides in the Southern Alps of New Zealand.
Tags: featured, landslide report, New Zealand, rock avalanche, satellite imagery
13 July 2021 15:32 in landslide video by Dave Petley
On Friday 9 July 2021 a rock topple was caught on video on the flanks of Le Dôme, a peak above Diablerets glacier in Switzerland
Tags: Europe, featured, landslide video, rock topple, Switzerland, topple
24 February 2020 07:20 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
The Kandersteg rock avalanche is a 1.2 cubic kilometre rockslide that occurred in Switzerland about 3,200 years ago, according to new research
Tags: dating, Europe, featured, research, rock avalanche, Switzerland
15 April 2019 06:26 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On 18th March 2019, late in the night, a spectacular 250,000 cubic metre rockslide occurred at Flüela Wisshorn in the Swiss Alps
Tags: Alps, Europe, featured, rockslide, Switzerland
18 June 2016 08:50 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
In a recent paper, Temme (2015) has used descriptions of rockfall risk in Alpine climbing guides to examine the effects of climate change on the degradation of permafrost and the resulting increased occurrence of rockfalls.
Tags: Alps, climate change, Europe, featured, paper, research, rockfalls, Switzerland
1 April 2012 15:36 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Reports of a dramatic rock avalanche in Austria a week ago, and a fatal rockfall in Switzerland on Friday
Tags: Austria, coach, featured, landslide report, rock avalanche, rockfall, Switzerland
30 July 2008 08:45 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Well, I am finally back – apologies for the prolonged absence! It will take me a day or two to get back up to speed, but in the meantime I thought I’d post four landslide images from Switzerland and France that I took whilst on holiday (I have a very long suffering family…). In each case you can click on the image for a better view. Please feel free to …
Tags: 2008, Europe, France, images, Switzerland
13 June 2023 06:54 in Planet Labs by Dave Petley
Initial satellite imagery and seismic data from the 11 June 2023 Flüchthorn rock avalanche in the Austrian Alps.
Tags: Austria, Europe, featured, planet, rock avalanche, satellite images
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