2 June 2020 06:32 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
A new study (Shafique 2020) published in the journal Geomorphology shows that landslide activity remained high for at least 13 years after the Kashmir earthquake
Tags: earthquake, featured, Kashmir, research, S. Asia
1 June 2020 05:53 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Two coastal landslides at Eastchurch in Kent, SE England have caused serious damage to a house located close to the edge of the cliff.
Tags: coast, coastal, england, Europe, featured, Kent, landslide report
28 May 2020 06:19 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
A recent paper (Latrubesse et al. 2020) suggests that the catastrophic July 2018 Xe Nammoy hydropower complex dam failure in Laos might have been caused by piping and slope failure of the dam, a mechanism that is similar to the #Edenville dam failure.
Tags: dam, dam failure, featured, Laos, SE. Asia
27 May 2020 06:04 in Planet Labs by Dave Petley
Planet Labs have now captured high resolution imagery of the aftermath of the failure of Sandford dam in Michigan last week
Tags: dam, dam failure, featured, Michigan, Planet Labs, satellite image, USA
26 May 2020 06:03 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
A new paper published in Scientific Reports (Dini et al. 2020), and thus open access, uses InSAR to show movements of a large slope adjacent to the under construction Punatsangchhu I dam in Bhutan
Tags: Bhutan, dam, featured, Himalayas, hydroelectric, INSAR
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
21 May 2020 06:40 in landslide video by Dave Petley
Edenville Dam failure: an astonishing video of the full collapse sequence is on Youtube. It appears to show a geotechnical failure rather than overtopping
Tags: dam, dam failure, featured, Michigan, North America, USA, video
20 May 2020 05:45 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
In Midland County, Michigan collapse is underway of Edenville dam, driven by heavy rainfall. Reports suggest that a second dam may also be failing.
Tags: dam, dam failure, featured, Michigan, North America, USA
19 May 2020 06:45 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Helicopter company Alpine Air Alaska has posted to Facebook stunning images and a video of a long run out landslide from Yudi Peak in Alaska
Tags: Alaska, featured, glacier, North America, rockslide, snow, USA, video, wedge failure
13 May 2020 05:42 in Database by Dave Petley
I have now been able to generate the global map of 2019 fatal landslides. This shows an unusual cluster of landslides in East Africa.
Tags: 2019, database, fatal landslides, featured, map
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