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16 July 2021
Inden: a river changing course, eroding an old channel and flooding an open cast mine
Inden: a river rediscovering a previous course and flooding an open cast coal mine The floods in Germany, Belgium and Netherlands this week have been truly catastrophic. The same storm system also caused flash flooding in London. It is likely that the this event will have triggered landslides, but we will need to wait to get more information when the priority is rescue and recovery. There are suggestions that an …
13 July 2021
Diablerets: a very interesting video of a rock topple from the Swiss Alps
On Friday 9 July 2021 a rock topple was caught on video on the flanks of Le Dôme, a peak above Diablerets glacier in Switzerland
10 June 2021
Legal proposals to improve safety on Welsh and English coal tips
The Law Commission has published welcome proposals to change the legal framework on the management of coal tip safety in England and Wales
3 June 2021
Not all slope failures are large
Not all slope failures are large: examples of small but disruptive landslides in Sheffield
2 June 2021
The 1918 Getå landslide disaster in Sweden
On 1 October 1918 a train was derailed by a landslide at Getå in Sweden. The accident, and the subsequent fire, killed at least 42 people.
1 June 2021
Corinth Canal: a video of the rockfall that has left it closed since January
Corinth Canal: a video of the rockfall that has left it closed since January According to Wikipedia, the Conrinth Canal, “connects the Gulf of Corinth in the Ionian Sea with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. It cuts through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth and separates the Peloponnese from the Greek mainland“. Built in 1893, it was for a while an important trading route within Greece. However, it is a very narrow cut through bedrock – it is 6.4 km long …
24 May 2021
Rest and Be Thankful: an update on the landslide mitigation works
Rest and Be Thankful in Scotland: a remarkable bund, 6 m high and 180 m long, has been constructed to protect the Old Military Road from landslides
21 May 2021
The Pietrafitta landslide: can traffic vibration cause a landslide to move?
The Pietrafitta landslide: a new paper published in Landslides (Guerriero et al. 2021) shows that traffic vibration can cause a landslide to move under certain circumstances
7 April 2021
The complex politics of managing coal waste tip stability in South Wales
The complex politics of managing coal waste tip stability in South Wales
5 April 2021
Neustift in Austria: boulder vs house, the boulder won
Neustift in Austria: boulder vs house, the boulder won
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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