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6 June 2016
Granbury, Texas: a lakeside landslide that threatens an apartment block
In Granbury, Texas a landslide over the weekend is threatening an apartment block, home to 16 families. The cause of the landslide is unclear.
19 May 2016
The Aranayake landslide in Sri Lanka
The Aranayake landslide in Sri Lanka is now thought to have killed about 140 people. Images are becoming available of this complex landslide
11 May 2016
Large landslides in Africa in the last few days
In the last few days there has been 3 large landslides in Africa, causing significant losses in Ethiopia, Uganda and Rwanda
8 May 2016
Mining in Burma and hydroelectric power in China: two major landslides with familiar causes this weekend
This weekend there have been two deadly landslides that repeat familiar themes: one was associated with mining in Burma (Myanmar) and the other with the construction of facilities to generate hydroelectric power in China
23 April 2016
Liuliao Village, China: a rockfall strikes a crowded school
In Liuliao in soouthern China a rainfall-triggered rockfall struck a primary school on Thursday , injuring more than 20 pupils and teachers.
20 April 2016
Images of other landslides from the Kumamoto earthquakes
Another set of high quality aerial images of several of the landslides triggered by the Kumamoto earthquakes in Japan, as photographed by Asia Air Survey
15 April 2016
Colonnata: a large collapse in a Carrara marble quarry in Italy
Yesterday a large rockfall occurred at a quarry for Carrara Marble at Colonnata in Tuscany, Italy, killing two quarry workers and injuring a third. Carrara Marble is the stone from which Michelangelo carved his sculpture David, and it is a prized building material worldwide.
13 April 2016
Landslide damage to the Karakoram Highway
The rains in early April 2016 have caused extensive landslide damage to the Karakoram Highway in northern Pakistan, causing major problems to communities upstream. Two landslides are proving to be particularly problematic, and may take another week to clear.
12 April 2016
The 29th March 2016 Renfrew County landslide near to Ottawa, Canada
On 29th March 2016 the Renfrew County landslide occurred on the banks of the Bonnechere River near to Ottawa. This is a large (10 hectare) landslip.
5 April 2016
Heavy rainfall brings extensive landsliding to Kohistan and other parts of northern Pakistan
Heavy rainfall in northern Pakistan has triggered multiple landslides and rockfalls, including a major failure in Kohistan that may have killed 38 people in addition to many landslides on the Karakoram Highway
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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