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20 April 2019
Taroko Gorge: a dashcam video of a very near-miss with a co-seismic rockfall in Taiwan
Taroko Gorge: a dashcam video has been posted to Youtube showing a very near-miss with an earthquake-triggered rockfall in Taiwan
18 April 2019
A dramatic debris flow video
A new video posted to Youtube shows a debris flow cascading over a cliff above a mountain road, with a trapped 4×4. The location and timing are unclear.
11 March 2019
A video of a small but spectacular rockslide from Uttarakhand
A video has been posted onto Youtube showing a reasonably small but undeniably spectacular rockslide in Uttarakhand in the Indian Himalayas
4 March 2019
Thanpal, Kashmir: three videos of the same massive rock slope failure
Three videos have been posted on Youtube showing a very large, very dramatic rockslope failure near to Thanpal Dam in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir.
26 February 2019
Two interesting new landslide videos from the Himalayas
Heavy rainfall and snow over the Himalayas in recent days has triggered extensive landslides, with many roads being blocked.
1 February 2019
First thoughts on the Brumadinho dam collapse video
My initial thoughts on the Brumadinho tailings dam collapse video, which has emerged today. The video shows a catastrophic rotational landslide and flow
20 January 2019
Landslides on the White Bluffs in Hanford Reach National Monument
Bruce Bjornstad has posted a video Youtube showing the development of landslides on the White Bluffs in Hanford Reach National Monument in Washington State, USA.
15 January 2019
Two new landslide videos: Lebanon and Russia
Two new (to me at least) landslide videos have been posted onto Youtube: one from Lebanon earlier this month and one from Russia in 2012
10 December 2018
Spatnik basecamp – that was close!
A Youtube video of a near-miss from a large, tabular, highly mobile boulder at Spantik basecamp in northern Pakistan in August 2018
25 November 2018
Video: a spectacular double flow-type failure from Kerala, India
A remarkable video has been posted on Youtube showing a channelised debris flow from Kerala in India. The landslide occurred in two very dynamic phases
Dave Petley is the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. His blog provides a commentary on landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
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