13 May 2016 07:14 in landslide video by Dave Petley
Two new landslide videos have appeared on Youtube, including an impressive rockfall last weekend on Mont Granier in the French Prealps and a smaller collapse at Swimmer’s Delight in California
Tags: california, Europe, featured, France, landslide report, landslide video, North America, USA
23 April 2016 08:19 in landslide report by Dave Petley
In Liuliao in soouthern China a rainfall-triggered rockfall struck a primary school on Thursday , injuring more than 20 pupils and teachers.
Tags: china, featured, landslide report, limestone, rockfall, school
7 April 2016 15:30 in landslide video by Dave Petley
This post features 5 new landslide videos, including two dashcam videos from China, a terrifying rockfall video from Peru, a toppling failure from India & a feature on the GNS earthquake response
Tags: china, dashcam, India, landslide video, New Zealand
30 March 2016 08:00 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
In a new paper in Nature Geoscience, Collins and Stock (2016) have shown that thermal expansion can be a key factor in rockfall triggering in Yosemite
Tags: california, featured, heat, North America, review of a paper, rockfalls, thermal, USA, Yosemite
15 February 2016 07:00 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
Sumner rockfalls – videos of the landslides triggered by the M=5.7 earthquake near to Christchurch in New Zealand yesterday
Tags: Australasia, Christchurch, earthquake, featured, New Zealand, rockfall
15 January 2016 10:59 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On Monday night a large rockfall in Wolhusen blocked the Keine Emme river, causing a flood through a local industrial park. Estimated damage is US$1 million
Tags: Europe, featured, flood, landslide report, river, rockfall, Switzerland
15 October 2015 06:55 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A rockfall in Karachi on Tuesday killed 13 people including seven children. Images of the site hint that there may be a human cause of the tragedy
Tags: city, landslide report, pakistan, rockfall, South Asia, urban
30 September 2015 06:58 in landslide images by Dave Petley
Demolition has started of properties damaged by landslides in the Port Hills area of Christchurch during the 2010-2011 earthquakes. This post shows some of the photographs that I took shortly afterwards.
Tags: Christchurch, earthquake, featured, New Zealand, rockfalls
11 September 2015 05:30 in Coast, landslide video by Dave Petley
In Dorset, Southern England a dramatic rock topple on the progressive landslide at Weare Cliffs has been captured on video by a local fisherman
Tags: coast, Dorset, landslide video, progressive failure, rockfall, topple, UK
7 September 2015 09:19 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A joint rock block is forming close to the Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona, threatening infrastructure at the foot of the slope. The US Bureau of Reclamation are involved in an extraordinary project to try to stabilise it.
Tags: Arizona, dam, featured, rockfall, USA
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