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3 February 2016
New landslide videos: Aconcagua (again), Muothatal and Pacifica
Three new landslide videos, including a debris flow from Aconcagua, an earthflow from Muothatal in Switzerland and coastal erosion in Pacifica
24 January 2016
The greatest ever debris flow video? Aconcagua in Argentina
An amazing video has appeared on youtube showing a debris flow on the flanks of Aconcagua in Argentina. It came very close to killing a group of trekkers
26 November 2015
A debris flow of ice, water and sand?
A video has appeared on Youtube that appears to show a weird debris flow of ice, water and sand from the Middle East. Is it real?
1 October 2015
Kothmale landslide in Sri Lanka: drone footage
Drone footage is now available of the interesting Kothmale landslide in Sri Lanka, which killed seven people on 25th September 2015
24 September 2015
The Pemberton Portage Road landslide in British Columbia, Canada
The Pemberton Portage Road landslide was a channelised debris flow, triggered by heavy rain, that destroyed a house in Birken, BC, Canada on Sunday
26 August 2015
Artvin, Turkey: an excellent video of a landslide in action
Landslides in the Artvin area of NE Turkey have killed eight people and left two missing. One of the slides was captured in a dramatic video
22 August 2015
Mount Rainier debris flows, 13th August 2015
On 13th August a series of debris flows occurred on the flanks of Mount Rainier in Washington State, USA. These glacier collapse events were captured on video, photographs & seismic instruments
13 July 2015
The 2011 Umyeonsan debris flows in South Korea
In July 2011 33 debris flows occurred in Umyeonsan in South Korea, killing 16 people. In a new paper, Jeong et al. have analysed these landslides in detail, finding that they were initiated as small surperficial landslides that became highly mobile in the river channels, eroding and incorporating large amounts of sediment to create the catastrophic flows.
19 May 2015
Salgar, Antioquia, Colombia: a landslide killed at least 63 people yesterday
A debris flow at Salgar in Antioquia in Colombia yesterday killed at least 63 people and left an unknown number missing
21 August 2014
Hiroshima: disastrous landslides with further rainfall warnings in effect
Catastrophic landslides in Hiroshima, Japan on Wednesday have killed 39 poeple, with many more reported missing. Further heavy rainfall is forecast for the area.
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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