25 July 2017 06:43 in landslide video by Dave Petley
Two good new landslide videos have been posted on Youtube: a topple from Pandoh and a wedge failure from elsewhere in Himachal Pradesh in India
Tags: featured, India, landslide video, rockfall, South Asia, topple, wedge
12 December 2016 22:19 in Conference by Dave Petley
The first landslide session at the AGU 16 meeting in San Francisco will be streamed live on Wednesday morning. You can register for free.
Tags: AGU Fall meeting, conference, San Francisco
20 September 2016 06:30 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Like a zombie that refuses to die, the Canary Islands megatsunami scare story has once again re-emerged to the normal hysterical headlines
Tags: Canary Islands, Europe, featured, flank collapse, landslide report, tsunami, volcano
17 June 2016 07:03 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
In a paper just published in the journal landslides, Haque et al (2016) present data on fatal landslides in Europe between 1995 and 2014
Tags: database, fatal, fatalities, featured, paper, review
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
29 August 2015 06:00 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On Thursday a significant rockfall occurred on the Tour Ronde in the Mont Blanc region. It was captured in a dramatic video by Gianluca Marra, a local climbing guide
Tags: Alps, Europe, featured, France, Italy, landslide report, landslide video, mountain, rockfall
6 July 2015 07:04 in landslide report by Dave Petley
In the last few hours the Lac du Chambon landslide has shown substantially increased rates of movement, possibly indicating that collapse in near
Tags: Europe, featured, France, landslide report, rockslide
10 March 2015 07:00 in Review of a paper, Uncategorized by Dave Petley
In a newly published paper, Lisa Borgatti and colleagues describe the February 2014 landslide that affected the historical town of San Leo in northern Italy, providing both a description of the event and a historical context. Landslides will be a major threat to this historical site in the coming decades
Tags: Europe, featured, Italy, landslide report, paper, research, rockfall, topple
2 March 2015 07:39 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On Friday an interesting and quite mobile landslide affected the village of Gazost in the Haute-Pyrenees region of France
Tags: Europe, featured, flow, France, landslide report, Pyrenees, rotational
6 August 2013 15:47 in Oddities by Dave Petley
In Capiata, Paraguay, 20 men are making a bold attempt to win a Darwin Award by excavating an unsupported pit to try to find a trove of 12 tonnes of gold
Tags: featured, gold, Paraguay, trench
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