13 January 2021 08:28 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
On 7 August 2020 a landslide in Gokseong County, S. Korea killed 5 people. A new paper (Choi et al 2021) suggests that this was triggered by the failure of an under construction embankment during heavy rainfall
Tags: East Asia, featured, landslide report, paper, research, South Korea
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
13 August 2020 08:04 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Yesterday a rail accident near to Stonehaven in Scotland killed three people. There is speculation that it was caused by a landslide. This shines a light on the challenges of managing ageing earthworks on the UK rail system.
Tags: Europe, featured, landslide report, rail derailment, Scotland, train, UK
14 July 2020 06:56 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Over the last few days intense monsoon rainfall in Nepal has triggered a wave of landslides that have caused extensive loss of life and damage.
Tags: featured, landslide report, monsoon, nepal, South Asia
22 June 2020 05:22 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The Old Fort landslide in British Colombia has reactivated as a result of heavy rainfall. About 100 m of new movement has been recorded so far.
Tags: Britis Colombia, Canada, earthflow, featured, landslide report, North America
22 May 2020 06:43 in landslide report by Dave Petley
As improved images and information become available, it is becoming possible to gain a better understanding of the cause of the Edenville Dam breach
Tags: breach, dam, featured, flood, Michigan, North Aerica, Planet Labs, USA
4 May 2020 06:23 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
On Friday 1 May 2020 a major collapse occurred in the earth-filled dam of Sardoba Reservoir in Uzbekistan, causing extensive flooding.
Tags: conference, dam, dam failure, diversity, featured, Uzbekistan, West Asia
24 April 2020 07:21 in Tailings by Dave Petley
The 2.53 million cubic metre tailings spill at Luming Mine in Heilongjiang Province, China on 28 March 2020: so what happened next?
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
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