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7 July 2014
Oso landslide: continued small-scale activity
A new video has been released of small toppling failures on the rear scarp of the Oso landslide in Washington State
1 July 2014
Zhaotong City: a new landslide video
A good video has been released of a landslide in Zhaotong City, China on Saturday
20 June 2014
Monsoon 2014: late but starting to have an impact (including two good new landslide videos)
Monsoon 2014 in South Asia is late this year, but the 16 landslide deaths overnight in Nepal suggest that it is now having an impact.
17 June 2014
World Cup 2014: a landslide affects the city of Natal in Brazil
Whilst World Cup 2014 is ongoing in Brazil, a large landslide struck the host city of Natal on Friday, destroying 15 homes
10 June 2014
Ferebee Glacier: another rock avalanche in Alaska
Pilot Drake Olson has identified another rock avalanche in Alaska, this time on the upper reaches of the Ferebee Glacier
9 June 2014
Litochovice: an interesting highway landslide in the Czech Republic
A landslide in June last year at Litochovice in the Czech Republic has delayed the opening of a new motorway indefinitely
5 June 2014
Moving mountains in China: a new paper in Nature
Moving mountains: a new paper in Nature reveals an enormous programme of mountain top removal in China to create land for development. The landslide potential from such a project is high
4 June 2014
The sad tale of Maggie the Kakapo, the victim of a landslide
On Codfish island in New Zealand a rare Kakapo, known as Maggie, has been killed by a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall
28 May 2014
Grand Mesa: an unusually large and mobile mudslide
The Grand Mesa mudslide in Mesa County, Colorado at the weekend was an unusually mobile rotational landslide / mudflow event that killed three people
19 May 2014
Dariali Valley: a valley-blocking landslide that has killed three and left five missing
A landslide late last week in the Dariali Valley of Georgia has blocked a river and left 8 people dead or missing. It is close to a hydroelectric scheme under construction
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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