5 September 2011 07:32 in landslide report, typhoon by Dave Petley
First information about the Laufoshan Landslide in Taiwan, which occurred on 29th-31st August during typhoon Nanmadol. It has a reported runout distance of 12 km!
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16 November 2010 15:14 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Occasionally I post a round up of stories on natural hazards, mostly on landslides, that have caught my eye in the last few days. Here is the latest set: 1. Taiwan landslide hazard management Taiwan is one of the most landslide prone places on Earth as a result of its climate and geological setting. In the last 18 months it has suffered three high profile slope accidents – the extraordinary …
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24 October 2010 13:46 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
The passage of typhoons past or across Taiwan often leads to the generation of exceptionally high rainfall totals that, when combined the steep topography and weak rocks, inevitably triggers extensive landsliding. The late season typhoon Megi, whose erratic course meant that it somewhat unexpectedly brought heavy rainfall to Taiwan at the end of last week, was no exception.
Tags: featured, highway, landslide report, Megi, taiwan, typhoon
26 April 2010 12:56 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
That bastion of “quality” journalism, the Daily Mail, has an article about the Highway 3 landslide that includes a set of high quality images of the site: tic The article correctly identifies the failure as being a dip-slope slide: “The hill had a dip slop [sic – should be slope] on the side nearest the motorway. The other side of dip slopes are steep and irregular, while the slope itself …
Tags: dipslope, highway, landslide report, taiwan
26 April 2010 08:34 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
I have still not managed to track down some really good images of the Highway 3 landslide in Taiwan, but for now here are two pictures from the China Post: More later I hope.
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25 April 2010 22:05 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Youtube now has a helicopter video of the Highway landslide in Taiwan: It is an extraordinary landslide, apparently being a deep translational slide that has displaced a great raft of material fronted by the cutslope shown in the previous post. I will be interested to see some decent images in the morning!
Tags: highway, landslide report, taiwan
25 April 2010 17:29 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
I have I think identified the location of the Taiwan highway landslide today. Based upon this image (source): The location appears to be here: It appears that the failure has occurred on the cutslope shown in the centre of the image, with the margin of the slide being close to the bridge (which can be seen in the first image on top of the debris). Thus, it appears to be …
Tags: highway, landslide report, taiwan
25 April 2010 13:44 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Taiwan today suffered an extraordinary landslide in Highway number 3, which links Taipei with Keelung. The landslide appears to have completely buried the road for a distance of about 300 m. The depth of burial looks to be more than 10 m. There are reports that there were a number of cars on the road at the time – if so, the chances of survival are slim. At the moment …
Tags: highway, landslide report, road, taiwan
18 April 2010 20:50 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
The Taipei Times has a very interesting editorial (17th April) that reflects upon hazard management in Taiwan. It returns to the edtorial that I wrote for the paper last summer, based upon a posting that I put on this blog. The need to take action to improvement the management of hazards in Taiwan is undeniable. As we approach a new typhoon season the legacy of the continued inaction could be …
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24 February 2010 13:13 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Last night I gave a public lecture on the Typhoon Morakot disaster in Taiwan. The talk may be viewed and downloaded here: 10_02 Framlingham comp http://www.authorstream.com/player/player.swf?p=332907_634025881557397500 See more presentations by Dr_Dave | Upload your own PowerPoint presentations
Tags: Morakot, presentation file, public lecture, taiwan, typhoon
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