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11 August 2020
Landslides after wildfires
A new study (Rengers et al 2020) published open access in the journal Landslides examines failures in areas affected by recent wildfires in California.
16 June 2020
New landslide videos: Russia and California
Two new landslide videos: a large landslide in a mine in Russia & dashcam footage of a small but high impact rockfall in California
5 December 2019
The Blackhawk rock avalanche – insights from imagery
Regular correspondent funkenbeachin has used ESA Sentinel multispectral satellite data to facilitate analysis of the Blackhawk rock avalanche
15 November 2019
The Blackhawk landslide
The fascinating 9 km long, 300 million cubic metre, highly complex, ancient Blackhawk landslide in the Lucerne valley of California.
5 August 2019
Grandview Surf Beach: a fatal rock topple in California
On 2nd August 2019 a rock topple on Grandview Surf Beach near San Diego in California killed three women from a single family
15 February 2019
Sausalito: a mudslide damages houses in California
Heavy rain in California, brought by an atmospheric river event, triggered a significant mudslide in Sausalito yesterday, causing damage to several houses
28 December 2018
Chaos Jumbles: a fine example of a large volcanic landslide
Chaos Jumbles: a fine example of a large volcanic landslide in California, caused by three successive dome collapse events
5 December 2018
Malibu: Planet Labs images of the first round of mudflows
Malibu – Planet Labs have captured remarkable before and after SkySat images of the first round of mudflows following the recent wildfires
9 April 2018
Santa Cruz island: rockfalls during the M=5.3 earthquake in California on Thursday
Photographs taken from boats showed coastal cliff rockfalls on Santa Cruz island in California during the M=5.4 earthquake on Thursday 5th April
16 January 2018
Satellite images of the Montecito debris flows in California
Last week significant debris flows struck the Montecito area of California, causing at least 20 fatalities. Planet Labs have now captured medium and high resolution images of the area affected.
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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