10 May 2016 07:17 in landslide images by Dave Petley
The location of the Chitan hydropower landslide Xinhua now reports that the number of people killed or missing in the Chitan Hydropower landslide on Sunday total 41 people, and that so far 31 bodies have been recovered. A further 13 people were injured, some critically. CCTV has put on Youtube a section of drone footage of the landslide site, showing the ongoing rescue operations: . This view suggests that the …
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10 December 2015 07:42 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Storm Desmond brought record-breaking rainfall to Cumbria and Scotland this weekend, causing extensive landsliding across a large area.
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29 October 2015 08:14 in landslide report by Dave Petley
NASA EO-1 images have revealed the extent of the amazing Tonzang landslides in Burma, which occurred earlier this year. The largest landslide is 5.9 km long
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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
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31 July 2013 16:13 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The Darjeeling landslide disaster of 1950 killed 127 people. The Save the Hills blog has a presentation with wonderful images of the landslides
23 June 2013 13:58 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Better images are now available of the Kedarnath site, allowing an initial investigation of what happened to cause the disaster
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12 June 2008 06:40 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Thanks to a former student for bringing the following video to my attention. Hopefully it will play directly when you click on the box below – if not then take a look at:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2uTKyK1c9k This channelised debris flow occurred on Lantau Island, near to Hong Kong airport, on 7th June when the area was affected by an exceptional (“black”) rainfall event. In a single hour Hong Kong observatory recorded 140 mm …
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