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11 January 2016
The weirdness of Mass Ejection Landslides in China
In the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, a small number of mass ejection landslides have been described. Strangely, these have never been observed elsewhere.
23 December 2015
Videos of the Shenzhen landslide
I have pulled together a series of videos showing the Shenzhen landslide in Guangdong, China, and its aftermath.
22 December 2015
The Shenzhen, Guangdong landslide: a massive flowslide in construction waste
It is now clear that the Guangdong landslide was a flowslide from a huge pile of construction waste in a quarry about the industrial park.
12 December 2015
Two interesting landslide videos from Congjiang, China and Manali, India
Two dramatic landslides appeared on Youtube this week, a huge rockfall from Manali in India and a landslide destroying houses in Congjiang, China
16 November 2015
The Lidong Village landslide in Zhejiang Province, China
On Friday night the Lidong Village landslide in Zhejiang Province, China killed at least 25 people.
5 October 2015
The seismically triggered landslide dam in Honshiyan, Yunnan, China: a review of a new paper
In a just published paper, Zhang et al. 2015 describe the emergency works undertaken to mitigate the seismically triggered landslide dam at Honshiyan, Yunnan in China in 2014.
22 September 2015
The 1991 Touzhai rock avalanche in China
In September 1991 the Touzhai rock avalanche in China killed over 200 people. In a paper just published, Xing et al. (2015) provide a detailed description and the outcomes of modeling of the runout of the landslide
13 August 2015
Shanyang landslide: a very complex slide
A new image has emerged of the Shanyang landslide in China, which appears to have been a complex dipslope failure triggered by mining. 65 people are missing.
12 August 2015
Shanyang County, Shaanxi: another mining-related landslide disaster in China
Early on Wednesday morning a major landslide at a vanadium mine in Shanyang County in Shaanxi Province China killed about 60 people. This is the latest in a long catalogue of mining-related landslides in China. Such disasters should be avoidable with proper slope management.
6 August 2015
Typhoon Soudelor – potential for landslides in China and Taiwan
Typhoon Soudelor is now expected to make landfall in central Taiwan on Friday and Saturday before moving on to strike China. This large storm has the potential to generate many landslides in both countries
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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