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26 September 2013
The costs to the mining industry of landslides – examples from Brazil and the USA
Two recent examples, from Brazil and Utah, demonstrate the potentially enormous financial impacts of landslides on the mining industry
12 June 2013
A catastrophic landslide-induced oil spill in Ecuador (including two shocking videos of the pollution)
A landslide induced rupture of the Trans-Ecuador pipeline on 31st May is polluting the Coca River, affecting Ecuador, Peru and Brazil. Two shocking videos show the extent of the pollution
3 April 2013
More information about the Brazil riverbank failure landslide
Reader Raphael Rocha has kindly provided more information about the riverbank collapse landslide in Brazil last week, which killed six people
2 April 2013
Updated: The strange case of the sinking pontoon in Brazil
A floating dock at Santana in Brazil collapsed on Thursday night, killing six people. The cause was probably the catastrophic collapse of the quay in a landslide
4 January 2013
A round-up of recent landslide stories and incidents
A round-up of interesting landslide stories in the last week, including the UK, New Zealand, Brazil and Malaysia
26 January 2011
Before and after: high resolution images of the Brazil landslides
Geoeye has now collected a high quality image of the landslides in Brazil. This post makes some comparisons of this news image and one collected before the event, drawing some provisional conclusions about the landslide occurrence in this area.
25 January 2011
First satellite images of the Brazil landslides
Obtaining decent satellite imagery of the devastating Brazil landslide disaster has proven to be exceptionally difficult due to the presence of clouds across the affected area. This is probably the reason why the Disaster Charter activation has yet to yield any imagery. However, NASA has managed to collect an ASTER image of the affected area (hat-tip to Dalia Kirchbaum for highlighting this to me) and has now posted the image online. The image …
23 January 2011
Losses from the Brazil, Sri Lanka and Philippines landslide disasters
I thought a summary of the current levels of known losses from the three big landslide and flood disasters that have greeted the New Year would be helpful: 1. Brazil The latest update on losses of life in this disaster is as follows, according to the Brazil Civil Defence Agency: Nova Friburgo: 389 deaths Teresopolis: 324 deaths Petropolis: 65 deaths, Sumidouro: 22 deaths Other towns: 3 deaths Total: 803 fatalities, …
20 January 2011
A review of the Brazil landslides – Nova Friburgo
The lack of posts on this blog will not have passed unnoticed I am sure, and I can only apologise. Unfortunately, my day job is insanely busy at the moment, and I have no time for research, let alone blog posts. This will ease within a fortnight, if not before, so please be assured that the blog is not on the way to oblivion. During my unfortunate lull in posts …
6 January 2011
Thursday round-up – landslides in the last week
Occasionally, I provide a round up of landslide events and news that has caught my eye in the last week. This is of course the low season for landslides worldwide, so fortunately the number of events is low: 1. Cliff collapse in Dover, UK On 1st January there was a mild flurry of interest in concerns that a rockfall on chalk cliffs near to Dover in Kent, in SE. England, …
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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