25 September 2012 00:01 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The Johnsons Landing landslide in BC, Canada back in July killed four people and was the subject of some remarkable video footage. An investigation is now underway of the future stability of the site; an update was released in the last few days. The Nelson Star reports that: “After a geotechnical team visited Johnsons Landing this month, experts have more insight into what led to the slide and what is …
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16 July 2012 07:36 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A dramatic video has been released of a secondary landslide at Johnson Creek in Canada
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13 July 2012 07:27 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
An initial report and images on a landslide in Johnsons Landing, BC yesterday that is thought to have killed four people
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11 July 2012 06:47 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A brief report on a landslide this week that has blocked Highway 83 in Manitoba, Canada
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14 June 2012 07:18 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Seismic instruments picked up a large landslide on the border between Canada and Alaska on 11th June. Can you help us to find it?
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4 May 2011 03:26 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Thanks to several people who sent me a link to this Youtube video of a railway washout occurring at Stackpool in Ontario, Canada in the middle of last month:
5 December 2010 12:03 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Another excellent video of landslides in action has appeared on Youtube, this time showing the results of coastal erosion in Newfoundland, Canada. I don’t know much more about the location or the timing of the events – can anyone fill in the details? The video should be viewable here and embedded below: Whilst the house falling over the cliff at the start is undeniably dramatic, for me the most interest …
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16 November 2010 15:14 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Occasionally I post a round up of stories on natural hazards, mostly on landslides, that have caught my eye in the last few days. Here is the latest set: 1. Taiwan landslide hazard management Taiwan is one of the most landslide prone places on Earth as a result of its climate and geological setting. In the last 18 months it has suffered three high profile slope accidents – the extraordinary …
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8 August 2010 11:23 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
The Meager Creek landslide in British Columbia, Canada on Friday was a very large and very energetic event. The latest estimates suggest that it had a volume of about 40 million cubic metres, making it one of the largest slides in Canada in recent decades. Indeed, the Vancouver Sun quotes Rick Guthrie in stating that the slide travelled at 30 metres per second over a distance of 10 km. Some …
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6 August 2010 20:39 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Thanks to Robin Beech for the heads-up on this one. CBC News is reporting a large landslide at Meager Creek, a hot springs area north of Pemberton: “A two-kilometre-wide landslide has been reported near Meager Creek Hot Spring, about 95 kilometres north of Pemberton, B.C. The flow of rock and soil debris has covered a river in the area, causing water to become dammed upstream of the slide. Authorities say …
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