5 July 2021 08:10 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
The Atami mudslides in Japan Over the weekend there was considerable attention paid to the remarkable videos of the mudflows in Atami, Japan. This one in particular gained traction:- . But there are several others, which are helpfully combined into a compilation here: . I particularly draw your attention to the excerpt that begins at 8 minutes 16 seconds into the second video (the same sequence appears in the first …
Tags: debris flow, East Asia, featured, japan, landslide report, mudflow
28 August 2020 08:39 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On 26 August 2020 debris flows induced by intense rainfall hit Charikar in Afghanistan, killing at least 100 people.
Tags: Afghanistan, debris flow, featured, landslide report, western Asia
10 August 2020 07:16 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On Saturday 8 August 2020 a large landslide occurred at Rajmala near to Munnar, Kerala in western India, killing an estimated 71 people
Tags: featured, India, Kerala, landslide report, South Korea
3 August 2020 06:43 in landslide report by Dave Petley
In the high, remote mountains of Tibet a debris flow, possibly induced by recent seismic activity, has created a valley-blocking landslide dam
Tags: earthquake, featured, satellite image, Sentinel, South Asia, tibet, valley blocking landslide
24 September 2015 05:30 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The Pemberton Portage Road landslide was a channelised debris flow, triggered by heavy rain, that destroyed a house in Birken, BC, Canada on Sunday
Tags: Canada, debris flow, featured, landslide report
18 March 2014 07:59 in Conference by Dave Petley
In November 2014 JTC-1 will organise a workshop in Seoul, Korea on physical processes and mechanisms of precipitation-induced landslides. Abstracts are due at the end of the month.
Tags: comference, featured, JTC-1, Korea, workshop
16 August 2012 00:01 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
My paper on landslide impacts on human life worldwide has just been published in Nature. This post briefly review the results.
Tags: database, featured, global, landslide report, paper, research
21 January 2012 02:00 in landslide video by Dave Petley
A compilation of the best landslide videos on the internet
Tags: featured, landslide video
7 September 2020 06:52 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
On Saturday Brent Ward tweeted a fantastic set of aerial images of the Koidern landslide, in the Yukon of Canada.
Tags: Canada, landslide dam, landslide report, North America, rock avalanche
11 September 2019 06:20 in sinkhole by Dave Petley
Xe Pian Xe Namnoy: a guest commentary by Richard Meehan and Douglas Hamilton on land stability and dam failure in the wake of the 2018 collapse on the Bolaven Plateau, Laos
Tags: dam, featured, foundation, instability, Laos
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