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8 October 2015
An account of the El Cambray landslide in Guatemala
Losses from the El Cambray landslide in Guatemala have now reached 220, with a further 150 people thought to be still missing
14 October 2008
The Lifan landslide – from natural disaster to cover up
In China this summer there have been two big mining-related flowslides. The second, at Linfen County in Shanxi Province attracted a great deal of publicity (see my blog reports here and here), not least because of the very high death toll. However, the story of the first, which happened on 1st August at Lifan, also in Shanxi Province, is a great deal more murky, but details are now emerging. On …
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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