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20 October 2020
Hanyuan County: an initial analysis of the 21 August 2020 landslide in China
Hanyuan County: an initial analysis of the 21 August 2020 rainfall triggered landslide in China, which killed nine people
19 October 2020
Huong Phung: another deadly landslide in Vietnam
On Sunday 18 October 2020 a large landslide struck an army barracks in Huong Phung commune in Vietnam, killing up to 22 soldiers
16 October 2020
Harrison Lake: newly discovered, large, ancient landslides in Canada
Harrison Lake: a nice paper in the journal Landslides (Hughes et al 2020) describes newly discovered, large, ancient landslide deposits in Canada. The two largest landslides would have been tsunamigenic.
14 October 2020
A double tragedy: two landslides close to the construction site of the Rao Trang 3 hydropower plant in Vietnam
A double tragedy: two landslides close to the construction site of the Rao Trang 3 hydroelectric plant in Vietnam
13 October 2020
The role of mycorrhizal fungi in preventing landslides
An interesting short article points out that mycorrhizal fungi may play a key in reducing the susceptibility to landslides
12 October 2020
Landslide sessions at the AGU Fall Meeting in December 2020
As the virtual AGU Fall Meeting 2020 starts to approach, I thought I would pull together a list of the main landslide sessions
9 October 2020
Rest and Be Thankful: the cause of the landslide problems
The problematic A83 at Rest and Be Thankful in Scotland: the cause of the landslide problems that cause repeated disruption
8 October 2020
Post wildfire mudslide potential in the Pacific West of the United States
A satellite image showing post wildfire mudslide potential in the Pacific West of the United States in winter 2020 – 2021
7 October 2020
Eyjafordur (Eyjafirði): a large landslide in Iceland yesterday
A large, mobile landslide occurred in the Eyjafordur (Eyjafirði) area of northern Iceland yesterday, fortunately causing little damage.
6 October 2020
Saint-Martin-Vesubie: Planet Labs images of the aftermath of the extraordinary flooding from Storm Alex
Saint-Martin-Vesubie: Planet Labs images of the aftermath of the extraordinary flooding from Storm Alex in France
Dave Petley is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His blog provides commentary and analysis of landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
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