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28 July 2012
Quite a cool new debris flow video from India
A nice video of a debris flow in action in India
23 May 2012
Understanding the Seti River landslide in Nepal
Using new satellite images & air photos to analyse the Seti River landslide in Nepal, which killed over 70 people.
12 March 2012
Please contribute to this debris flow research project
A request for help to create a global debris flow database
14 January 2012
A photo album of landslide damage at Golden Bay, Nelson, New Zealand
In December 2011 a severe rainstorm triggered landslides in Golden Bay, New Zealand. This post provides photos of the landslide damage.
10 December 2011
A stunning new landslide video: Paz de Río, Boyacá, Colombia
A remarkable new video has emerged of a landslide at Paz de Río, Boyacá in Colombia.
9 August 2011
Two new landslide videos – including an amazing pulsing debris flow
Two new landslide videos, including an amazing pulsing debris flow
28 July 2011
Unbelievable – do watch this – amateur footage of the landslides in Seoul
An unbelievable video of the landslides in Seoul, South Korea, yesterday
17 December 2010
AGU Day 4: Debris flows and the Station Fire [improved in light of comments from Susan Cannon Cannon]
NB the text below has been updated to reflect some very helpful comments from Susan Cannon. Genuine thanks to her for her help. The AGU Fall meeting continues like an unstoppable rhino, with a dizzying amount of sessions and a rapidly developing sense that my brain has become full. However, I will highlight here just two talks yesterday from the public communication of natural hazards session, both about the potential …
3 October 2010
Continued debris flow activity in the Wenchuan (Sichuan) earthquake area
A frequently-forgotten but potentially very damaging impact of large earthquakes in mountain areas is the increased occurrence of debris flows and other landslides in the following years. Whilst these events continue to represent a hazard in their own right, they frequently also cause changes to river dynamics, with resultant high levels of damage. This problem was illustrated all too clearly in a small village that we visited close to Beichuan …
25 August 2010
Hunza debris flow video
You probably guessed that I am on holiday this week (normal service will be resumed at the weekend), but I thought I’d quickly post this new debris flow video from Hunza in Pakistan. The interesting but starts at about 1 minute 15 seconds:
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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