12 September 2019 06:40 in landslide report by Dave Petley
During construction of the Broomhead reservoir, near Sheffield, in the 1920s and 1930s, a large, deep-seated landslide caused major problems
Tags: construction, dam, featured, reservoir, Sheffield, UK
11 September 2019 06:20 in sinkhole by Dave Petley
Xe Pian Xe Namnoy: a guest commentary by Richard Meehan and Douglas Hamilton on land stability and dam failure in the wake of the 2018 collapse on the Bolaven Plateau, Laos
Tags: dam, featured, foundation, instability, Laos
31 July 2019 20:54 in landslide video by Dave Petley
Many good landslide videos are emerging during a very active 2019 landslide season. I have put together a compilation of notable examples
Tags: featured, landslide videos
30 July 2019 22:25 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The 1987 Mount Zandila landslide in northern Italy is probably the most important rock avalanche in Europe in the last 40 years. The 34 million cubic metre slide killed 29 people
Tags: Europe, featured, Italy, landslide dam, rock avanalnche
15 July 2019 06:18 in landslide report by Dave Petley
At the end of last week, Godre’r Graig Primary School, near Pontardawe in South Wales, was temporarily closed due to the risks of a spoil tip landslide
Tags: featured, landslide report, mining, spoil, Wales
3 May 2019 09:35 in landslide video by Dave Petley
Over the last few days, but primarily on 30th April 2019, a major landslide affected Bajo Llojeta in La Paz, Bolivia. This landslide was captured in a series of dramatic videos
Tags: Bolivia, earthflow, featured, landslide report, landslide video, South America
8 March 2019 07:55 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Hooskanadan Landslide in Oregon – an update on the earthflow near to Brookings in Oregon that has closed Highway 101 for a week
Tags: earthflow, featured, highway, North America, Oregon, road, USA
27 December 2018 10:19 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
The town of Tlalpujahua in Mexico, now renowned for the manufacture of Christmas ornaments, was devastated by a catastrophic tailings landslide in 1937
7 December 2018 07:56 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The Guazi landslide: an interesting ancient landslide reactivated by a hydroelectric power scheme in China, as described in the journal Landslides
Tags: china, dam, East Asia, featured, hydroelectric power
8 October 2018 06:49 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
The Palu landslides, triggered by the Sulawesi earthquake, may have been the worst mass movement event in terms of loss of life for five years
Tags: earthquake, featured, indonesia, Palu, SE. Asia
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