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2 February 2023
The 15 December 1952 Niiortuut landslide-tsunami in central West Greenland
A paper in Science of the Total Environment (Svennevig et al. 2023) describes the 15 December 1952 Niiortuut landslide in Greenland. It concludes that this was one of the earliest anthropogenic warming-induced landslides identified to date.
1 February 2023
The 15 September 2022 Jiujiawan landslide in Qinghai province, China
A new paper in the journal Landslides (Wang et al. 2023) describes the 15 September 2022 Jiujiawan landslide in Qinghai province, China, which destroyed a section of a high speed railway line.
31 January 2023
Palolo Valley: the boulder that came to tea
A great video has emerged of a boulder that crashed into a house in the Palolo Valley in Hawaii on Sunday 29 January 2023
30 January 2023
Multiple landslides from extreme rainfall in Auckland, New Zealand
On 27 January 2023, multiple landslides were triggered by extreme rainfall in the Auckland area of New Zealand.
26 January 2023
The 19 July 2019 Yahuokou landslide in Gansu Province, China
On 19 July 2019, the large (3.92M cubic metre) Yahuokou landslide started to develop at Dongshan Town, Zhouqu County, Gansu Province, China
25 January 2023
The 30 August 2020 debris flow at Azijue village in Sichuan Province
In a paper published in the journal Landslides, Yan et al. (2023) discuss the 30 August 2020 debris flow at Azijue village in Sichuan, China, which killed three people and destroyed two villages. The losses were caused by an unusual secondary failure of ancient deposits in the channel bed.
24 January 2023
A coastal cliff collapse at Blacks Beach, San Diego, California
On 20 January 2023 a large coastal cliff collapse at Blacks Beach, San Diego, California was captured on a truly amazing video.
23 January 2023
An update on the landslide crisis at Joshimath
At Joshmath in India, 863 buildings are now showing signs of distress, of which 181 are considered to be unsafe.
18 January 2023
Joshimath: new InSAR analysis sheds light on active deformation
Joshimath: a new InSAR analysis sheds light on active deformation over the last few months and the last few weeks
17 January 2023
Joshimath – continued development of the landslide
There are clear indications of continued development of the landslide at Joshimath, with damage now reported for 849 buildings

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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