11 November 2016 07:33 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A spectacular and dramatic landslide at St-Luc-de-Vincennes in Quebec, Canada yesterday has the hallmarks of a quick clay slide
Tags: Canada, featured, flowslide, landslide report, North America, quick clay
1 November 2016 07:01 in landslide video by Dave Petley
Authorities in Switzerland have hit upon a novel way to manage rockfall hazard by blasting it with heavy gunfire from a tank
Tags: Europe, featured, gunfire, landslide video, rockfall, Switzerland
2 February 2016 07:50 in Melanie by Dave Petley
The Mentirosa Island landslide complex comprises four tsunamigenic soil-rock slides in Patagonia, Chile, with a combined volume of 8 million cubic metres.
Tags: Chile, featured, landslide images, South America, tsunami, wave
27 June 2015 07:42 in landslide report by Dave Petley
In the Alps a progressively failing landslide on the banks of the Lac du Chambon has required a change to the route of a famous stage of the Tour de France
Tags: Alps, Europe, featured, France, tunnel
18 November 2014 08:05 in landslide video by Dave Petley
On Sunday a 20,000 cubic metre landslide occurred at Rabenstein in South Tyrol, Italy. It was captured on a dramatic video.
Tags: featured, Italy, landslide video, Mannen, Norway, rockslide
12 November 2014 08:15 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The creep rate of the Mannen landslide in Norway has now declined to 2 mm per day. The risk level has been reduced from red to yellow, but the landslide still requires monitoring
Tags: Europe, featured, landslide report, monitoring, Norway, rockslide
7 November 2014 09:59 in landslide report by Dave Petley
An roundup of recent landslides, including an update on the Mannen landslide in Norway, a fatal landslide in Switzerland and a rockslide in Canada that has left a train driver missing
Tags: Canada, featured, lanslide report, Norway, railway, rockslide, Switzerland
4 November 2014 07:50 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
The Mount Mannen rockslide in Norway continues to creep rapidly. New monitoring data suggests that the slide is moving at about 15 mm per day now
Tags: creep, Europe, featured, landslide monitoring, Norway, rockslide
31 October 2014 08:29 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The Mannen rockslide in Norway continues to actively deform but has not, as yet, failed. There continues to be a great deal of interest in Norway in this event, putting the monitoring team under great pressure
Tags: failure prediction, featured, landslide report, Norway, rockslide
15 July 2014 10:44 in landslide images by Dave Petley
Over the weekend I visited the Lofoten Islands in northern Norway. This a selection of images of landslides and rockfalls that I saw along the way.
Tags: featured, landslide images, Lofoten, Norway, rockfall, rockslide
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