30 March 2020 06:29 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On 27 March 2020 a large and unusual failure in a sand heap at the Guizhou Commercial Concrete Co in Guiyang in Guizhou province, China killed 7 people
Tags: china, East Asia, featured, heap, landslide report, sand
26 November 2015 06:00 in landslide video by Dave Petley
A video has appeared on Youtube that appears to show a weird debris flow of ice, water and sand from the Middle East. Is it real?
Tags: debris flow, desert, featured, landslide video, Middle East
4 August 2008 11:42 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Image © http://www.hat.net/. Used with permission The UK news today carries a very sad report of the death of a teenager on a beach in the UK: “Paramedics tried to resuscitate the boy after he was pulled out of the sand at Cefn Sidan beach, near Burry Port in Carmarthenshire, on Sunday evening. The teenager was airlifted to Morriston Hospital in Swansea but doctors there pronounced him dead. The boy …
9 February 2021 08:11 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Southannan: a major railway landslide in Scotland over the weekend has blocked the line between Ardrossan and Largs
Tags: Europe, featured, railway, rainfall, Scotland, United Kingdom
30 November 2020 07:31 in landslide report by Dave Petley
In recent weeks the landslide problems at Rest and Be Thankful in Scotland have continued to develop, causing increased disruption
Tags: featured, landslide report, road, Scotland, United Kingdom
4 November 2020 10:13 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
A new paper on the 8 million cubic metre 24 February 2018 Mangapoike landslide in New Zealand speculates on an intriguing failure mechanism
Tags: featured, landslide dam, New Zealand, research, wedge
14 July 2020 06:56 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Over the last few days intense monsoon rainfall in Nepal has triggered a wave of landslides that have caused extensive loss of life and damage.
Tags: featured, landslide report, monsoon, nepal, South Asia
7 July 2020 06:42 in landslide video by Dave Petley
On 2 July 2020 a large and interesting mudflow occurred at Günebakan in the Erzincan area of eastern Turkey. The dynamics were captured on video.
Tags: featured, landslide video, mudflow, Turkey, western Asia
1 July 2020 06:54 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On Sunday 28 June 2020 a very large peat landslide occurred at Dawn of Hope in County Leitrim in the Republic of Ireland. The track extends for several kilometres.
Tags: Eire, Europe, featured, landslide report, peat, peat bog
25 June 2020 07:26 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
In the last few days the Old Fort Landslide in Canada has moved over 160 metres, with current movement rates of about 2 metres per hour