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10 March 2015
Review of a paper – the 27th February 2014 San Leo landslide in northern Italy
In a newly published paper, Lisa Borgatti and colleagues describe the February 2014 landslide that affected the historical town of San Leo in northern Italy, providing both a description of the event and a historical context. Landslides will be a major threat to this historical site in the coming decades
2 March 2015
Gazost: an impressive landslide in the Hautes-Pyrenees
On Friday an interesting and quite mobile landslide affected the village of Gazost in the Haute-Pyrenees region of France
3 February 2015
Vestfold in Norway – an unusual landslide takes out a major highway bridge
Yesterday afternoon a major landslide took out a highway bridge at Vestfold in Norway. This may be a quick clay landslide, and interestingly it appears that a bulldozer was working in the field below the bridge.
6 January 2015
The Scorciavacche Viaduct in Sicily: an earthworks failure that has become a national scandal
In Sicily in southern Italy a national scandal has developed at the site of the Scorciavacche Viaduct, which opened less than a month ago, but has now been closed as a result of a major earthworks failure
12 November 2014
Mannen landslide: latest status report
The creep rate of the Mannen landslide in Norway has now declined to 2 mm per day. The risk level has been reduced from red to yellow, but the landslide still requires monitoring
4 November 2014
Mount Mannen rockslide – still in an accelerated creep phase of movement
The Mount Mannen rockslide in Norway continues to creep rapidly. New monitoring data suggests that the slide is moving at about 15 mm per day now
21 May 2014
Zenica: a spectacular landslide video from Bosnia
A new video has appeared on Youtube showing a spectacular earthflow / slump developing at Zenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
19 February 2014
Jupille 1961: an extraordinary fly ash landslide
The 1961 fly ash landslide at Jupille in Belgium killed 11 people. A new paper resurrects the idea that air fluidization may have been the key mechanism
25 October 2013
Review of a paper: A risk society? Environmental hazards, risk and resilience in the later Middle Ages in Europe
Chris Gerrard, an Archaeologist from Durham, and I have recently written an open access paper in the journal Natural Hazards that examines the preparation for and responses to disasters in Middle Ages Europe
28 May 2013
Another landslide on a reservoir flank – Yesa in Spain
Reports suggest that a landslide is moving on the slope abutting the Yesa Dam in Spain. 60 houses located on the slope have been evacuated
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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