by Dave Petley
19 November 2018 07:53 in landslide video by Dave Petley
Two new Youtube videos show dramatic roadside failure events. One shows a landslide on a quarry haul road whilst the other shows a joint controlled rockfall
by Dave Petley
1 February 2013 09:48 in Development by Dave Petley
Landslides are a major problem along roads in high mountain areas. This is illustrated using an example from rural Nepal, in which the construction of a rural road has induced multiple landslides, threatening the local communities.
by Dave Petley
9 July 2021 08:27 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The start of the 2021 summer monsoon in Nepal has brought unusual levels of rainfall. So far at least 27 people have been killed in landslides
by Dave Petley
2 July 2021 07:18 in Planet Labs by Dave Petley
Satellite images collected by Planet Labs appear to confirm that a landslide dam was the cause of the 14 June 2021 Melamchi disaster in Nepal
by Dave Petley
10 March 2021 08:37 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
A new open access paper in the journal Progress in Disaster Science (Rosser et al. 2021) demonstrates that the number of landslides in W. and C. Nepal has increased since the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake.
by Dave Petley
19 February 2021 08:56 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
New research (Muñoz-Torrero Manchado et al. 2021), published in Landslides, investigates trends in landslides and landslide losses in W. Nepal over three decades. It highlights the key role of human factors in determining patterns of loss
by Dave Petley
7 February 2021 11:31 in landslide report, landslide video by Dave Petley
Chamoli: what do we know about the catastrophic flood that occurred in Uttarakhand in northern India this morning?
by Dave Petley
5 August 2020 08:44 in landslide report by Dave Petley
In the last few days South Korea has been hit by very heavy rainfall, triggering landslides that have had a substantial impact
by Dave Petley
27 July 2020 07:21 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A large, ongoing valley-blocking landslide has developed at Liujing Village in Chongqing, China, triggered by unusually intense monsoon rainfall
by Dave Petley
22 July 2020 08:13 in landslide report, landslide video by Dave Petley
On 20 July 2020 a 10 million cubic metre landslide occurred in the Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hubei, China, blocking the Quinjiang River.
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.