A mudflow on the banks of Loch Broom in northern Scotland
18 July 2023 05:58 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Over the weekend, quite a large mudflow occurred on the banks of Loch Broom in the Wester Ross area of northern Scotland
18 July 2023 05:58 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Over the weekend, quite a large mudflow occurred on the banks of Loch Broom in the Wester Ross area of northern Scotland
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
4 January 2021 06:30 in landslide images by Dave Petley
Understanding the Trotternish landslide complex on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, perhaps the most beautiful landslides on Earth?
25 August 2020 07:04 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has released factual information about the fatal landslide-induced train derailment at Carmont
2 September 2019 06:13 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On 22nd January 2018 a train was derailed by a landslide at Loch Eilt in north-west Scotland. The RAIB report explains why the landslide was not retained by a catch fence installed at the location.
18 December 2018 11:01 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Loch Quioch landslide: an interesting and disruptive failure in the Highlands of Scotland in November, including drone footage
5 January 2016 08:04 in landslide report by Dave Petley
In Scotland, extreme rainfall has induced riverbank erosion that has left the 16th Abergeldie Castle at risk of imminent collapse.
6 November 2012 00:01 in landslide images, Uncategorized by Dave Petley
A brief description of one of the most beautiful landslides on Earth – the Quiraing (Quirang) on Skye in north-western Scotland.
20 November 2009 12:39 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
The Northwest of England and Southwest of Scotrland have suffered an extreme rainfall event over the last few days that has brought extensive flooding. The Met Office in the UK are suggesting that this might represent a UK rainfall record (we will see), but certainly the impacts are extraordinary (this is Cockermouth in Cumbria; there is also extensive flood damage in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland): Image from Skynews Image …
10 September 2009 09:58 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Image from The Times The Scotsman is reporting today that engineers anticipated the occurrence of the Rest and Be Thankful slide this week, shutting down the road before the slide happened. The report suggests that the intense rainfall prompted an inspection of the hillside by engineers because of the previous occurrence of landslides at this site. Once there, the engineers noted that the water in the burn (stream) was discoloured …
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