by Dave Petley
1 February 2021 08:30 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Rat Creek: a large post wildfire washout has been generated on State Highway 1 in the Big Sur in California
by Dave Petley
16 June 2020 07:24 in landslide video by Dave Petley
Two new landslide videos: a large landslide in a mine in Russia & dashcam footage of a small but high impact rockfall in California
by Dave Petley
5 August 2019 06:15 in Coast by Dave Petley
On 2nd August 2019 a rock topple on Grandview Surf Beach near San Diego in California killed three women from a single family
by Dave Petley
15 February 2019 07:13 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Heavy rain in California, brought by an atmospheric river event, triggered a significant mudslide in Sausalito yesterday, causing damage to several houses
by Dave Petley
9 April 2018 23:18 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
Photographs taken from boats showed coastal cliff rockfalls on Santa Cruz island in California during the M=5.4 earthquake on Thursday 5th April
by Dave Petley
16 January 2018 08:11 in Planet Labs by Dave Petley
Last week significant debris flows struck the Montecito area of California, causing at least 20 fatalities. Planet Labs have now captured medium and high resolution images of the area affected.
by Dave Petley
31 March 2017 06:39 in landslide video by Dave Petley
A video has been posted on Youtube that shows a dramatic landslide that occurred at Point Dume on the Californian coast on 25th March 2017
by Dave Petley
9 June 2016 06:59 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
In a paper in Geophysical Research Letters, Georgie Bennett and colleagues have examined the response of Californian earthflows to the ongoing drought. They have found that the landslide have slowed markedly as conditions have become drier.
by Dave Petley
22 November 2015 06:00 in landslide report by Dave Petley
In the last few days an interesting landslide has developed in Vasquez Canyon in California, destroying a road
by Dave Petley
18 October 2015 08:15 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Extreme rainfall on Thursday triggered mudflows in the Tehachapi Mountains of California. A number of videos caught the events as they developed, and there are some excellent galleries of images of the aftermath.
Dave Petley is the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. His blog provides a commentary on landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.