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6 November 2018
Buguias, Benguet: an excellent landslide video from the Philippines
A video has been posted onto Youtube showing a landslide near Buguias in the Philippines on 4th November. The video was captured by Kersee Masillem, who was on a bus that stopped short of the site of the landslide
5 November 2018
Another major glacial debris flow blocked the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet
Following initial analysis by @rajfortyseven, Planet Labs images show that another major glacial landslide blocked the Yarlung Tsangpo river last week
30 October 2018
Planet Labs imagery of the 11th October 2018 Jomda County rockslide in Tibet
A kind reader has successfully found the valley-blocking 11th October 2018 Jomda County rockslide in Tibet, allowing us to view it using Planet Labs images
29 October 2018
Rockfalls from the 25th October 2018 M=6.8 Zakynthos earthquake
On 25th October 2018 an M=6.8 earthquake occurred at 14 km depth off the coast of Greece. The Zakynthos earthquake is reported to have triggered rockfalls
25 October 2018
The Old Fort landslide in British Columbia
The Old Fort landslide in British Columbia is an 8 millon cubic metre earthflow that has caused the evacuation of the village of Old Fort
24 October 2018
George Town: another major fatal landslide in Penang, Malaysia
On 19 October 2018 a major cut slope failure occurred on a highway construction site in Penang, Malaysia, killing 9 migrant workers at the foot of the slope
23 October 2018
Jomda County: a large, valley blocking landslide in Tibet on 11th October
A large valley blocking landslide occurred at Bolo Township in Jomda County, Tibet on 11th October, causing 20,000 people to be evacuated.
22 October 2018
Yarlung Tsangpo: a large valley blocking landslide in Tibet
Last week a very large landslide occurred on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet, temporarily blocking the river. The dam has now breached.
19 October 2018
Landslide tsunamis from the Sulawesi earthquake
A new video has appeared on Youtube showing the multiple landslide tsunamis generated by the Sulawesi earthquake in Indonesia.
15 October 2018
Sigi Biromaru: terrifying footage of lateral spreading during the Sulawesi earthquake
Sigi Biromaru in Palu: extraordinary footage shows the development of complex lateral spreading during the Sulawesi earthquake
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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