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15 July 2022
Landslides triggered by exceptional rainfall in Australia
Recent heavy rainfall has triggered landslides in parts of eastern Australia, causing damage to railway lines and properties
11 March 2022
Main Arm: a significant rainfall induced landslide in Australia
In recent days, very extreme rainfall has affected eastern Australia. At Main Arm in New South Wales, a major landslide has occurred.
7 December 2021
An update on the Mira Mar landslide in Albany, Australia
The Mira Mar landslide in Albany, Australia continues to move, causing extensive damage to a number of houses. Two properties will now be demolished.
19 October 2021
The Mira Mar landslide in Albany, Australia
In the Mira Mar suburb of the city of Albany in the southern part of Australia a landslide is slowly destroying a number of houses
9 April 2021
Oxley Highway: multiple landslides in New South Wales, Australia
In late March over 70 landslides were triggered along the Oxley Highway in New South Wales, Australia
25 March 2021
Wongawallan: a damaging landslide in Australia
Wongawallan: a landslide caused by the recent bout of heavy rainfall has severely damaged land around a house in Queensland, Australia
7 August 2019
Deviot, Tasmania: the impact of a slow moving landslide on home owners
In Deviot, Tasmania a reactivated slow-moving landslide is destroying five properties. The owners are seeking redress through the Tasmanian Upper House.
5 July 2018
Cadia gold mine: Planet Labs imagery of the sequence of events of the tailings dam failure in March 2018
Imagery from Planet Labs shows the sequence of events during the tailings dam failure at the Cadia Gold Mine in Australia in March 2018.
18 May 2017
Landslides that make you gasp part 1: Yallourn
This is the first edition of an occasional series on landslides that make you gasp, featuring the Yallourn coal mine landslide in Australia in 2007.
22 September 2016
Wye River: landslides in the aftermath of a forest fire in Australia
The small town of Wye River in Australia, which was devastated by a forest fire in December 2015, is being affected by many rainfall triggered landslides
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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