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5 April 2013
Landslides in Portugal, including a new landslide video
In Portugal this week heavy rainfall has triggered landslides. One of these events, at Guimarães, was captured in a dramatic video. An apartment block has been severely damaged as a result
12 October 2012
Safeland project reports
A number of really interesting reports about landslide hazard and risk are now available on the Safeland web site
16 February 2010
An update on the Italian landslide(s)
The large landslide in southern Italy that was graphically caught on camera (see the video in my earlier post) has generated a great deal of interest – indeed this site has had its busiest ever day. Details of the slide are still quite sketchy, but this is what we know so far: First, the media are confusing two different slides in the same general area of Calabria – in fact …
Watch this! Extraordinary landslide video – Maierato, Italy
See update post here The BBC has an extraordinary video of a landslide in Maierato in Southern Italy. More later, but for now the link is here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8517378.stm UPDATE: Youtube has a longer version of the video below: See update post here
26 January 2010
Fatal rockfall near to Munich in Germany
Last night a fatal rockfall occurred at Stein an der Traun in Southern Bavaria. According to this report, which is also the source of the remarkable image above, the block was the “size of a house” (probably something of an over-estimate), falling from the 15 m slope behind the building. There were four people in the house at the time, of which two were killed and two were injured. There …
6 April 2009
A first take on the Italy earthquake
You will probably be aware that an apparently quite destructive earthquake struck central Italy overnight. I thought I’d try to give a first take on the likely impact of this event. First, as ever, there is some pretty good information about the earthquake on the USGS Earthquake program website. They have provided the following helpful maps: Earthquake location:Shaking intensity: Exposed population (PAGER): At this point (c. 8:00 UT) the USGS …
30 July 2008
Some landslide images from the Alps
Well, I am finally back – apologies for the prolonged absence! It will take me a day or two to get back up to speed, but in the meantime I thought I’d post four landslide images from Switzerland and France that I took whilst on holiday (I have a very long suffering family…). In each case you can click on the image for a better view. Please feel free to …
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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