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29 June 2015
Daning River landslide: a video that is purported to show the failure event
CCTV has uploaded a video onto Youtube that reportedly shows the Daning River landslide in China last week as failure occurred
25 June 2015
Daning River: a landslide-induced tsunami accident on a tributary of the Yangtze
A landslide on the Daning River in China yesterday triggered a series of tsunami waves that sank 13 vessels, mostly fishing boats
17 May 2015
Reports of a massive ice – rock avalanche in Akto County, Xinjiang, China?
The Chinese news agencies are reporting a huge ice – rock avalanche in Akto County, Xinjiang, China. The reported volume is half a cubic kilometre!
3 December 2014
The Domkar Monastery landslide in Qinghai, eastern Tibet
In early November a spectacular and highly destructive rotational landslide occurred at Domkar Monastery in Tibet, destroying many buildings
11 November 2014
Review of a paper: The Donghekou landslide in China
A recent paper in Engineering Geology discusses the mechanisms of the Donghekou landslide in China, which killed over 700 people. A strange aspect of the landslide was the formation of fumeroles on the landslide deposit; these are believed to have been the result of oxidation of shales exposed by the landslide
9 October 2014
China: a new rockfall video from Guiyang, Guizhou and images of landslides from the Yunnan earthquake in August
A new rockfall video has appeared on youtube showing a collapse in Guiyang, China. In addition, some new images are now available of landslides from the Yunnan earthquake
6 August 2014
Yunnan earthquake: images of the valley blocking landslides
The government mapping agency in China has released satellite images of landslides triggered by the Yunnan earthquake earlier this week
26 July 2014
Guizhou and Nagano – the aftermath of recent landslides
Photographs have emerged of the aftermath of landslides in Guizhou in China and Nagamo in Japan. The landslides are very different but both were equally devastating
21 July 2014
Maoxian County landslide: a dramatic video of a fatal rockslide
On Thursday a rockslide occurred in Maoxian County in Sichuan Province, China. The terrifying moments of the landslide were captured on a dashboard camera
10 July 2014
Shawa mudslide: first pictures of another mining-related landslide?
Xinhua and other agencies have released images of the Shawa mudslide, Yunnan Province, which killed 17 people. It appears to be another mining-related slide.
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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