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23 December 2015
Videos of the Shenzhen landslide
I have pulled together a series of videos showing the Shenzhen landslide in Guangdong, China, and its aftermath.
22 December 2015
The Shenzhen, Guangdong landslide: a massive flowslide in construction waste
It is now clear that the Guangdong landslide was a flowslide from a huge pile of construction waste in a quarry about the industrial park.
19 December 2015
Florence, Oregon: a fatal landslide triggered by intense rainfall
Early on Friday morning a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall killed a woman near to Florence in Oregon, NW USA
17 December 2015
First news of a rock avalanche on Mount James Turner yesterday
Drew Brayshaw has tweeted images of a dramatic large rock avalanche that occurred on the flanks of Mount James Turner yesterday
16 December 2015
Burma jade mine landslides: an annus horribilis
This has been a terrible year for Burma jade mine landslides, with over 300 deaths. The cause is probably an increase in mining activity this year.
15 December 2015
Tillamook in Oregon: crowd sourcing a landslide repair
Near to the town of Tillmook, Oregon a rainfall-triggered landslide has severely damaged a small community, who are trying to crowd fund a repair
10 December 2015
Landslides triggered by Storm Desmond in the UK last weekend
Storm Desmond brought record-breaking rainfall to Cumbria and Scotland this weekend, causing extensive landsliding across a large area.
27 November 2015
Who was to blame for the Hpakant jade mine landslide?
As rescue and recovery operations at the site of the Hpakant jade mine landslide in Burma cease, a war of words has broken out as to whose fault it was
24 November 2015
The Burma jade mine landslide disaster
The Burma jade mine landslide disaster on Friday was a massive flowslide that is now known to have killed over 110 people. The final toll may be about 200 people, most of them poor miners living in an unofficial settlement.
22 November 2015
Vasquez Canyon: a new landslide in Santa Clarita, California
In the last few days an interesting landslide has developed in Vasquez Canyon in California, destroying a road
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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