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29 September 2012
Updates and videos from a couple of recent landslides
A couple of interesting landslide stories this week (updated with an extra video below): 1. The Route 14 landslide near Cedar Falls, Utah Thanks to Alexandre Mathieu for the heads up on this one. Back in October 2011, a huge landslide blocked State Route 14 near to Cedar Falls. Since then a huge project has been underway to reinstate the road. This was completed this week, when the road reopened. …
12 September 2012
Landslides and the red Yangtze River
The Yangtze River has changed colour – suddenly becoming red – in the city of Chongqing. The likely cause is landslides associated with heavy rainfall in the catchment, although exactly where this occurred is not clear.
10 September 2012
New video of landslides from the earthquakes in China on Friday
A video of the immediate aftermath of the Yunnan earthquake sequence in China on Friday. Landslides are clearly a major cause of loss of life and of damage.
7 September 2012
Possible landslides from the 2 x M=5.6 earthquake sequence in SW China this morning
As you may have guessed I have been on holiday! Anyway, normal service is now resumed. Early this morning Southwest China was shaken by four small earthquakes. Usually events of this magnitude – 5.6, 4.9, 5.6 and 4.8 (shown using a USGS screenshot above) – would not be sufficiently large to be worth reporting. Surprisingly though they appear to have caused considerable damage. Xinhua is currently report 50 fatalities and …
1 August 2012
28 killed in another mining landslide in China
News of a mining related landslide in China that killed 28 yesterday, and the possibility of typhoon induced landslides in China and Taiwan over the next few days
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
21 May 2012
A huge relocation programme from riverbanks in Vietnam
Up to a million people may be forced to relocate in Vietnam as a result of landslide and flashfloods on riverbanks
25 April 2012
Increasing landslide hazards and the Three Gorges Dam
News reports indicate that landslide hazards on the banks of the Three Gorges Dam reservoir are much worse than expected.
10 April 2012
The Xintan landslide in the Three Gorges area of China
A brief report on the 1985 Xintan landslide in China
9 April 2012
Chain Cliff deforming rock mass on the banks of Three Gorges reservoir
A brief review of a large deforming rock mass on the banks of the Three Gorges reservoir
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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