Rising trends in landslides in Colombia
8 November 2011 07:46 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A review of landslide impacts since 2002 in Colombia.
8 November 2011 07:46 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A review of landslide impacts since 2002 in Colombia.
8 July 2010 21:30 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Regular readers will be aware that I like to highlight new landslide videos as and when they appear, not least because fellow educators and academics find them to be useful teaching tools. In addition, watching the videos reminds us of what we are attempting to manage, and can also provide insight into processes. Latest in the list is this one, which appeared on the web last week: It appears to …
18 August 2009 17:44 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
For landslide scientists Taiwan has an almost mythical status, effectively being the nearest thing to a landslide laboratory. To my great benefit I have been able to work on landslides in Taiwan since 1991. As well as being a country of great beauty (there are good reasons why the Portuguese named it Ilha Formasa – Beautiful Island – in 1544), the combination of high rates of tectonic uplift, weak rocks, …
13 March 2009 21:26 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Most people would probably not think of Norway as being hazard prone, but it does have two particular landslide issues. The first is that occasional large-scale failures occur on the walls of fjords. Given the height of these rock walls, these failures can be large and energetic, and sometimes trigger small scale tsunamis. The other is a strange type of failure known as a quick clay slide. Perhaps the best …
19 April 2023 05:59 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On 18 April 2023 a large rockslide occurred at Torkham in Pakistan, very close to the border with Afghanistan. At least three people were killed.
13 March 2023 07:37 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) released last week a Landslide Atlas of India
8 January 2023 14:12 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Issues with the landslides in the town of Joshimath in India continue. There is much speculation as to the causes, which are likely to be complex.
21 December 2022 07:46 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On 19 December 2022 the Urni landslide in Kinnaur, India was captured on a dramatic video. The failure blocked a National Highway (NH-5).
28 July 2022 07:43 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
The 27 July 2022 M=7.0 earthquake in Abra Province, Philippines is likely to have triggered large numbers of landslides.
25 July 2022 06:37 in landslide report, landslide video by Dave Petley
On 4 July 2022 a peat landslide occurred at the site of a windfarm under construction in Shetland, north Scotland.
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