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17 January 2018
The fascinating Rattlesnake Hills landslide in Washington State
The Rattlesnake Hills landslide in Washington State has continued to develop over the last few days. The movement pattern of the landslide appears to be highly complex
16 January 2018
Satellite images of the Montecito debris flows in California
Last week significant debris flows struck the Montecito area of California, causing at least 20 fatalities. Planet Labs have now captured medium and high resolution images of the area affected.
14 January 2018
Villa Santa Lucia landslide in Chile – high resolution satellite images from Planet Labs
Planet Labs have now succeeded in collecting high resolution imagery of the 16th December Villa Santa Lucia landslide in Chile.
4 January 2018
The Karrat Fjord rock avalanche: a new paper examining the 3D geometry
In a paper just published in the journal Landslides, Gauthier et al. 2017 use a 3D reconstruction to estimate that the tsunamigenic June 2017 Karrat Fjord rock avalanche in Greenland had a volume of 58 million cubic metres.
3 January 2018
Rattlesnake Ridge: a large failure forming in Washington State, USA
Over the last three months a large tension crack has developed on Rattlesnake Ridge south of Yakima in Washington State, USA, defining a landslide with a volume of about 3 million cubic metres
2 January 2018
Yarlung Tsangpo: an ongoing “quake lake” scare in India (with images from Planet Labs)
The M=6.4 17th November 2017 earthquake in Tibet has triggered multiple landslides on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet, triggering fears of a catastrophic flood in India
23 December 2017
Villa Santa Lucia rock avalanche – images of the source zone
Images of the Villa Santa Lucia rock avalanche, inclduing prefailure views of the source and post failure views of the track, are now online
19 December 2017
The massive, catastrophic Villa Santa Lucia landslide in Chile: videos and images start to hint at the cause
It is now becoming clear that the Villa Santa Lucia landslide was caused by a massive failure of moraine 8 km upstream of the town
18 December 2017
Villa Santa Lucia: a deadly high mobility flow in Chile
On Saturday the village of Villa Santa Lucia in southern Chile was struck by a high mobility flow, killing at least 11 and leaving up to 15 people missing
15 December 2017
The Landslide Blog – the first ten years
Tomorrow will mark the tenth anniversary of the Landslide Blog. It is an opportunity to reflect upon the successes and failures so far.
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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