22 February 2017 08:13 in landslide report, Review of a paper by Dave Petley
In 2013 the catastrophic Sanxicun landslide in Sichuan Province in China killed 166 people. A new paper suggests that it reached a peak velocity of 170 km/h
Tags: china, East Asia, featured, landslide report, research, review of a paper
9 February 2017 08:14 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
In a new paper in landslide, my colleague Lis Bowman and her co-authors describe the reactivation by bridge construction of the Dongla landslide in China
Tags: china, East Asia, featured, landslide repoprt, paper, reactivation, research
16 July 2016 08:19 in landslide video by Dave Petley
A video has appeared on Youtube showing a very near miss between a landslide and a crowded bus in Ya’an City, Sichuan, China. Quick thinking by the driver avoided catastrophe
Tags: china, East Asia, featured, highway, landslide video
17 July 2013 08:13 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Heavy rainfall is continuing to trigger landslides across large parts of Sichuan Province in China, and more heavy rainfall is forecast for the next 2 days
Tags: barrier lake, china, featured, landslide dam, landslide report, sichuan
12 July 2013 07:29 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Images are now available of the landslide in Sichuan that killed at least 30 people, whilst Typhoon Soulik is bearing down on Taiwan and China
Tags: china, featured, landslide report, taiwan, typhoon
27 April 2013 08:27 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
Information is now emerging about the response by the authorities to the threat of landslides in the upcoming rainy season in the area affected by the Lushan earthquake in Sichuan Provice, China
Tags: china, earthquake, featured, landslide, rockfall, sichuan
20 April 2013 08:14 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
Initial reports of the earthquake suggest that there are two landslide dams plus other landslides and dams. Images also suggest that there may have been foundation problems in some urban areas
Tags: china, earthquake, featured, landslide dam, sichuan
27 October 2012 00:01 in Conference by Dave Petley
Two interesting forthcoming conferences to mark significant landslide events: 5 years after the Wenchuan earthquake and 50 years after Vajont
Tags: china, coinference, dam, earthquake, Italy, Vajont
15 May 2011 23:03 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
A small number of photos of the state of the earthquake affected areas in Sichuan Province, China.
3 October 2010 07:08 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
A frequently-forgotten but potentially very damaging impact of large earthquakes in mountain areas is the increased occurrence of debris flows and other landslides in the following years. Whilst these events continue to represent a hazard in their own right, they frequently also cause changes to river dynamics, with resultant high levels of damage. This problem was illustrated all too clearly in a small village that we visited close to Beichuan …
Tags: china, debris flow, earthquake, rural, Wenchuan
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