13 July 2015 07:24 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
In July 2011 33 debris flows occurred in Umyeonsan in South Korea, killing 16 people. In a new paper, Jeong et al. have analysed these landslides in detail, finding that they were initiated as small surperficial landslides that became highly mobile in the river channels, eroding and incorporating large amounts of sediment to create the catastrophic flows.
Tags: debris flow, East Asia, featured, landslide report, review of a paper, South Korea
21 May 2015 15:28 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
A landslide yesterday in Guiyang, China caused the catastrophic collapse of an apartment block housing 30 families. It seems that up to 16 people may have been killed
25 February 2013 08:40 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
James Reynolds has collected a remarkable video of rockfall activity on Paluweh volcano in Indonesia as seismic events shake the lava dome
Tags: featured, indonesia, landslide video, Mexico, rockfall, rockfalls, volcano
1 February 2013 09:48 in Development by Dave Petley
Landslides are a major problem along roads in high mountain areas. This is illustrated using an example from rural Nepal, in which the construction of a rural road has induced multiple landslides, threatening the local communities.
Tags: featured, Google Earth, landslide report, nepal, road, road construction, rural road
5 October 2012 10:00 in presentation by Dave Petley
The Powerpoint file from my lecture for the Royal Geographical Society last night is available to be viewed online
21 January 2012 02:00 in landslide video by Dave Petley
A compilation of the best landslide videos on the internet
Tags: featured, landslide video
12 October 2011 06:49 in presentation by Dave Petley
Summary: The Powerpoint file for a recent presentation on Building resilience to landslides in mountain communities is available for download in this post.
Tags: community, landslide impacts, presentation, risk. mountain, seminar
6 June 2011 07:25 in monsoon by Dave Petley
A brief review of 201 forecasts for large-scale weather phenomena that are associated with landslides during the northern hemisphere summer
Tags: featured, forecast, hurricane, Landslide data, monsoon, typhoon
21 December 2010 13:08 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
This post features the development of community-based landslide warning systems in less developed countries, using an example by way of an illustration. There is also a short consideration of the current European and US weather in the context of climate change.
Tags: climate change, community, featured, philippines, warning system
19 October 2010 08:10 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
In the last 24 hours Typhoon Megi has tracked from east to west across northern Luzon in the Philippines (map from here): At the time of landfall this was a true super typhoon. Even in its current weakened state it is generating gusts of up to 195 kph. Inevitably, it has brought very heavy rainfall to the north of the Philippines, although to date there is no news of any …
Tags: china, Hong Kong, philippines, typhoon
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