19 March 2019 07:08 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On Saturday, heavy rainfall in the Sentani area of Papua, Indonesia triggered landslides and debris flows that are known to have killed at least 89 people
Tags: debris flow, featured, indonesia, landslide report, SE. Asia
25 November 2018 00:29 in landslide video by Dave Petley
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
Tags: debris flow, featured, India, Kerala, landslide video, weathered
16 July 2018 06:13 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Planet Labs have been able to collect 0.8 m resolution SkySat imagery of the aftermath of the Japan landslide disaster in the Kure area, near Hiroshima
Tags: debris flow, East Asia, featured, japan, Planet Labs, satellite
12 July 2018 08:05 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Over the last week exceptional rainfall has triggered thousands of landslides in Japan, with disastrous consequences. Images are starting to emerge showing the scale of the disaster.
Tags: East Asia, featured, imagery, images, japan, landslide report, planet, satellite image
8 November 2017 07:47 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
A new paper (Stolle et al. 2017) in Quaternary Science Reviews suggests that 3 medieval earthquakes may have induced catastrophic landsliding in Nepal
Tags: debris flow, earthquake, featured, nepal, South Asia
21 August 2017 23:59 in landslide report by Dave Petley
New images show that the Regent landslide in Sierra Leone was large translational slide that morphed into a channelised debris flow.
Tags: Africa, city, featured, landslide report, Sierra Leone, urban
6 April 2017 07:06 in landslide report by Dave Petley
An article published in 2014 on a local news site made a chilling prediction of the Mocoa landslide in Colombia last weekend, which killed over 600 people
Tags: Colombia, featured, landslide report, Mocoa, South America
5 April 2017 07:18 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Mocoa debris flow: analyses of the event The loss of life from the Mocoa debris flow is now known to have exceeded 290 people, of whom 144 are reported to be children, whilst the search continues for those who are missing. NASA Earth has now published an analysis of the rainfall event that triggered the landslide, noting that: IMERG data were used to estimate the amount of rain that fell …
Tags: Colombia, debris flow, featured, landslide report, Mocoa, South America
4 April 2017 06:19 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Mocoa: the cause of the tragic debris flow in Colombia The tragic debris flow at Mocoa in Colombia at the weekend has garnered considerable media attention internationally. As of today, the total number of people who are known to have died is 273, many of them children with varying reports of the number missing. Recovery operations continue on the site, and Colombia has mobilised large-scale resources to provide assistance. There …
Tags: Colombia, debris flow, featured, landslide report, South America
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
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