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22 August 2019
Reports of multiple fatal landslides in the Wenchuan area of China
Various news agencies in China are reporting multiple landslides triggered by extreme rainfall in the Wenchuan area, and adjacent regions, of China. Reports suggest 44 people have been killed or are missing.
20 August 2019
A high resolution Planet Labs image of the Pingdi landslide in China
A Planet Labs high resolution satellite image of the 23rd July 2019 Pingdi landslide in Liupanshui, Guizhou, China, which killed 51 people
25 July 2019
The site of the Pingdi landslide, in Shiucheng County, China
Planet Labs satellite images suggest that the road across the Pingdi landslide in China, which killed about 45 people this week, was widened with cut slopes in the months before the failure
24 July 2019
Shuicheng County: a very large, fatal landslide in Guizhou Province, China
A large landslide occurred in Shuicheng County, in Liupanshui City, Guizhou Province in China on Tuesday 22nd July 2019, killing up to 45 people
28 June 2019
The chains of geologic hazards arising from earthquakes
In a simply wonderful paper just published in Reviews of Geophysics, which is open access, Fan et al. (2019) review the literature on chains of geologic hazards arising from large earthquakes, with a focus on the Ch-Chi and Wenchuan events.
17 June 2019
Longyan City: a dramatic landslide in deeply weathered soil
On 13th June 2019 a strong rainstorm struck Longyan City in Fujian province, southern China, triggering a major landslide that was captured on CCTV.
12 June 2019
The 2017 Nayong rock avalanche: an analysis using drone and seismic data
An analysis by Zhu et al (2019) of the dynamics of the 2017 Nayong rock avalanche in China, using a combination of seismic data and drone imagery
11 June 2019
Three new landslide videos
Three new landslide videos have been posted to Youtube, showing dramatic failures from Pakistan, India and China in recent days
2 April 2019
Tsangpo gorge: a first analysis of landslides triggered by the 2017 Ms=6.9 Milin earthquake
A study has been published of landslides triggered by the 18th November 2017 Ms=6.9 earthquake in the Tsangpo Gorge area of Tibet
18 March 2019
Zaoling, Shanxi: a deadly loess landslide on Friday
On 15th March 2019 a loess landslide occurred at Zaoling in Shanxi Province, China killing an estimated 20 people and leaving 16 more injured
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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