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23 September 2014
Joshua Tree mudslide, California – a very lucky escape for a baby
A baby had a very lucky escape when a mudslide struck the town of Joshua Tree in California last week, washing him away
15 August 2014
Continuing landslide turmoil in Nepal
Heavy rainfall is bringing continued landslide problems in Nepal and northern India, compounding the difficulties facing the Nepal Army at the Sunkoshi site
4 August 2014
Sunkoshi landslide crisis: latest news and images
The Sunkoshi landslide crisis in Nepal is now into day 3. The level of the lake may be dropping but the level of hazard remains high
31 July 2014
Malin landslide in Pune, India: a mass fatality mudslide yesterday
The catastrophic Malin landslide in Pune, India yesterday probably killed over 100 people. The event appears to be a mudslide in deeply weathered soil, triggered by exceptional rainfall
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
19 June 2014
The Devdoraki landslide: a new set of high quality images
Amazing new images have been made available of the Devdoraki landslide, which affected the Dariali Valley in Georgia a month ago
11 June 2014
Vaðlavík / Vadlavik: an interesting landslide in eastern Iceland
An interesting, quite long runout landslide occurred at Vadlavik in Iceland over the winter
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
30 May 2014
Leaving Durham University
After 14 years, I’ll be leaving Durham University in September to join the University of East Anglia as Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Enterprise)
20 May 2014
Dariali Valley landslide: images of the failure
New images have emerged of the Dariali Valley landslide in Georgia on Saturday. It appears that this was a long runout debris flow that started with a slope failure beneath a glacier
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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