by Dave Petley
6 April 2022 06:55 in Mining, Planet Labs by Dave Petley
On 27 March 2022 a tailings dam failed at Wenquan Township, Shanxi Province, China. Satellite images from Planet reveal the scale of the event
by Dave Petley
16 March 2022 07:44 in landslide video by Dave Petley
On 15 March 2022 a large landslide occurred at Retamas in La Libertad in Peru. The landslide, which has left 6 missing, was captured on video.
by Dave Petley
11 March 2022 08:29 in landslide report by Dave Petley
In recent days, very extreme rainfall has affected eastern Australia. At Main Arm in New South Wales, a major landslide has occurred.
by Dave Petley
25 February 2022 08:32 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Last week, a landslide disrupted the B4069 road at Lyneham in S. England. Initial analysis suggests this could be the reactivation of an ancient solifluction failure.
by Dave Petley
24 February 2022 08:59 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The A57 Snake Pass between Sheffield and Manchester in England has been closed for at least a month by three rainfall induced landslides.
by Dave Petley
18 February 2022 07:58 in Planet Labs by Dave Petley
Planet has captured high resolution satellite images of the multiple urban landslides in the Alto da Serra area of Petrópolis, Brazil.
by Dave Petley
14 February 2022 07:53 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Recent exceptionally heavy rainfall has triggered two large landslides in the Southern Alps of New Zealand.
by Dave Petley
9 February 2022 08:28 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Heavy rainfall triggered a large landslide in the town of Dosquebradas in Colombia yesterday, killing at least 16 people, injuring 34 more
by Dave Petley
31 January 2022 07:27 in landslide report by Dave Petley
In December 2021 heavy rainfall in Malaysia triggered landslides that caused extensive damage, especially to the road network.
by Dave Petley
18 January 2022 08:11 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
Arhavi, Turkey: a new paper in the Journal Natural Hazards (Tanyaş et al. 2022) shows that landslide impacts of new roads can be comparable to that of a medium sized earthquake
Dave Petley is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His blog provides commentary and analysis of landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
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