8 January 2021 09:42 in Mining by Dave Petley
A new paper (Grebby et al 2021) uses InSAR to detect precursory deformation of the Brumadinho tailings dam before the disastrous failure in 2019. The authors suggest that the failure might have been predictable with use of appropriate monitoring techniques.
Tags: brazil, featured, mine, mining, research, review, South America, tailings
24 December 2020 18:15 in Mining by Dave Petley
There are two amazing videos of the deadly landslide at the Carmen Copper Mine in the Philippines, which killed 10 people on Monday
Tags: featured, landslide report, mine, mining Philippines
16 December 2020 07:32 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A massive rockslope failure and 13 km long debris flow near to Bute Inlet in British Columbia, Canada in late November
Tags: Canada, featured, glacier, landslide report, North America, Planet Labs, video
10 December 2020 08:11 in Monitoring by Dave Petley
Mindu in Tibet: a new open access paper in the journal Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences explores the detection of precursors of an imminent landslide using satellite images
Tags: East Asia, featured, monitoring, paper, research, tibet
4 December 2020 09:01 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On Wednesday 2 December 2020 a major landslide destroyed four houses in Haines, Alaska. Two residents of the slope are missing.
Tags: Alaska, featured, landslide report, snowmelt, USA
18 November 2020 07:33 in landslide video by Dave Petley
Argaga: two impressive videos of the major coastal rockfall on the Spanish island of La Gomera on 14 November 2020
Tags: Canary Islands, featured, landslide video, rockfalls, Spain
3 November 2020 07:41 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Williams Lake: On 31st October 2020 a 1 million cubic metre landslide, triggered by heavy rainfall, occurred in British Columbia, Canada
Tags: British Columbia, Canada, featured, glacial, landslide report
2 November 2020 08:13 in landslide report, Planet Labs by Dave Petley
Nejapa: a deadly channelised flow in El Salvador on 29 October 2020 killed ten people and displaced 60 families
Tags: Central America, El Salvador, featured, landslide report, volcano
1 October 2020 07:58 in landslide video by Dave Petley
An interesting video showing large-scale liquefaction in a landslide, reportedly in Shillong, northern India.
Tags: featured, India, landslide video, liquesfaction, monsoon, South Asia
26 August 2020 07:29 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Yesterday Storm Francis triggered a large peat bog landslide at Slieveanorra in County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Tags: Europe, featured, landslide report, Northern Ireland, peat, peat bog, United Kingdom
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