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20 February 2023
The 8 February 2023 rockfall in Steyr, Austria
On Wednesday 8 February 2023 a large rockfall occurred at Christkindl in the town of Steyr in Austria, tragically killing two men working to mitigate the hazard.
5 April 2021
Neustift in Austria: boulder vs house, the boulder won
Neustift in Austria: boulder vs house, the boulder won
27 March 2020
EGU2020: sharing landslide research online
The EGU2020 meeting in Vienna has been cancelled, but the organisers are allowing the research to be posted online, with discussion during the sessions
29 January 2014
Tramin (Termeno), Italy: a very dramatic rockfall
Last week a dramatic rockfall occurred at Tramin in Italy, which involved a large boulder demolishing a 300 year old barn. It was a very lucky escape for the occupants of the adjoining house
9 January 2013
An interesting Austrian earthflow video
A very interesting earthflow video from Austria
13 August 2012
Do watch this – probably the best ever debris flow video, from Austria last week
A remarkable new video of a series of mudflows in Virgen, Austria
23 July 2012
A weekend of landslide incidents
This weekend there were many landslide incidents around the world. This blog post highlights nine of them, in the UK, Austria, Canada, Mexico, India and China
1 April 2012
Two interesting recent landslides in the Alps
Reports of a dramatic rock avalanche in Austria a week ago, and a fatal rockfall in Switzerland on Friday
28 March 2012
Retaining wall failure in Austria and large-scale wash-outs in New Zealand
A brief report on a fatal retaining wall failure in Austria and wash-outs in New Zealand last week
31 August 2010
Catching up – recent landslide events
The next few posts will be an attempt to catch up on the things that I missed whilst on vacation in Switzerland last week. Thanks to the many people who have tipped me off about landslide events. I will cover Pakistan in another post.1. A large flow in AustriaThanks to Martin Springer for highlighting this one. On Saturday 21st August a severe storm triggered a 100,000 cubic metre flow in …
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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