Shimen County, Hunan Province, China: yesterday, a 3 million cubic metre rainfall triggered landslide, which destroyed several houses, was caught on video

A landslide triggered by heavy rainfall blocked an important highway at Vitalj in Kladanj, NE Bosnia and Herzegovina on 23 June 2020

Landslides in Art part 33: Vue du vallon entre le Rossberg e le Rigi apres la terrible catastrophe du 2e Septembre 1806 by Gaspar Rahn, which depicts the Goldau landslide in Switzerland.

In July the Zuta Village landslide in Hunan Province, China killed nine people. This was another spectacular example of a high mobility landslide

A video has appeared on Youtube and Liveleak showing a landslide that caused panic in mainland China in the last few days

Three excellent landslide videos are now available on Youtube, including a rockslide from Gangotri in India and two from rural China

Unfortunately, it is now clear that on 21st July another tailings dam failure occurred in China, again with serious effects.  Adrian Moon has very kindly provided the following description: There has been a major release of tailings from the Xichuan Minjiang Electrolytic Manganese Plant in the Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture. Accounts are here and here and there are others. Photographs can be found here, video here. The plant …

Dave reports briefly on a landslide in Hunan Province in China that has killed at least 19 people, and highlights the dangers associated with Tropical Cyclone Sarika, which is just making landfall on the southeast coast of China

Probe International image of a landslide The Three Gorges Dam in China is one of mankind’s greatest achievements or a folly on a grand scale, depending upon your point of view. Whichever is correct, there is little doubt that its construction is an extraordinary engineering achievement. The final aim of the project was due to be achieved this month as the lake is finally elevated to its maximum level. However, …

The Chinese media are reporting another tailings dam failure, this time in Hunan province. Fortunately, the effects appear to be far less devastating than this event last year. The reports suggest that a manganese ore tailings dam failed in Huayuan County, Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture in Hunan Province early on Thursday morning, releasing a flowslide that hit a house, killing three people and injuring four more.