3 November 2022 07:53 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Pierreville: on 1 November 2022 an interesting landslide occurred on a riverbank in Quebec, Canada, destroying a road and threatening houses.
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21 September 2022 06:49 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On 1 September 2022 a very large rock/ice avalanche occurred on the Ecstall River in British Columbia, Canada.
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11 May 2021 07:17 in landslide costs by Dave Petley
The Canadian Geological Survey has published an excellent graphic showing historical landslides that have resulted in fatalities in Canada
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27 April 2021 08:04 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
On 22 April 2021 a very large landslide occurred on the Great Whale River in Quebec, Canada. Images suggest that this landslide, which is about 4 km long, was a quick clay slide.
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29 December 2020 10:24 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Taku River: another very large landslide in British Columbia, Canada. A Facebook user, Darryl Keith Tait, has posted images and video of the aftermath of a huge rockslope failure.
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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
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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
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16 October 2020 07:30 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
Harrison Lake: a nice paper in the journal Landslides (Hughes et al 2020) describes newly discovered, large, ancient landslide deposits in Canada. The two largest landslides would have been tsunamigenic.
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7 September 2020 06:52 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
On Saturday Brent Ward tweeted a fantastic set of aerial images of the Koidern landslide, in the Yukon of Canada.
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14 January 2020 07:06 in landslide images by Dave Petley
Last week, BC Highways released an archive of images taken in the immediate aftermath of the 48 million cubic metre 1965 Hope Slide in British Columbia, Canada
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