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8 April 2012
Images of the Three Gorges Dam ship lock wall
Yesterday I visited the site if the Three Gorge Dam. This post shows some images of the impressive cutslope above the ship locks
26 March 2012
Update on my talk on “The Hazards of Geography: Earthquakes, Floods and Landslides” in Hong Kong on 3rd April
Details about my forthcoming talk to the Hong Kong Royal Geographical Society on 3rd April 2012
10 November 2011
A round-up of new landslide stories
Brief reports and updates on landslides in Colombia, Libya, New Zealand and China
25 September 2011
Landslide videos from India (x2), USA and China
Some remarkable new landslide videos have appeared this week: First, a nice new video has appeared on Youtube showing a landslide, reportedly from Uttrakhand in India, in action. It gets quite exciting at around the 3 minutes 45 second mark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKID3LSOYrk And if you think it is interesting, take a look at this one, from Garwhal in India: This was also posted yesterday – definitely a landslide, but I am …
20 September 2011
Update on the earthquake in the Himalayas, plus typhoon Roke, an earthquake in Guatemala and landslides in China and Italy
Latest information on the earthquake in the Himalayas, plus an earthquake in Guatemala and landslides in China and Italy
19 September 2011
Update on the earthquake in India, Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet
An update on reported losses from the earthquake in the Himalayas yesterday. Landslides are clearly a major problem, and further heavy rainfall is forecast.
4 August 2011
Two important ongoing tropical cyclone hazards
A brief review of two ongoing tropical cyclones – one in the pacific and one in the Caribbean. The threat to both Haiti and Shanghai is significant.
29 July 2011
China has suffered another tailings dam failure
Unfortunately, it is now clear that on 21st July another tailings dam failure occurred in China, again with serious effects. Adrian Moon has very kindly provided the following description: There has been a major release of tailings from the Xichuan Minjiang Electrolytic Manganese Plant in the Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture. Accounts are here and here and there are others. Photographs can be found here, video here. The plant …
11 June 2011
A large landslide in China
Dave reports briefly on a landslide in Hunan Province in China that has killed at least 19 people, and highlights the dangers associated with Tropical Cyclone Sarika, which is just making landfall on the southeast coast of China
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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