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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 …
8 October 2019
Samothraki: the role of goats in increasing landslide hazard
Samothraki: on a small Greek island, uncontrolled grazing of goats has led to a catastrophic increase in landslide hazard
29 October 2018
Rockfalls from the 25th October 2018 M=6.8 Zakynthos earthquake
On 25th October 2018 an M=6.8 earthquake occurred at 14 km depth off the coast of Greece. The Zakynthos earthquake is reported to have triggered rockfalls
13 June 2017
The Amyntaiou lignite mine landslide in Greece: more information
More information has emerged about the 80 million cubic metre Amyntaiou landslide in a lignite mine in northern Greece on Saturday
12 June 2017
Anargyroi: an 80 million cubic metre mining-induced landslide in Greece this weekend
On Saturday, an 80 million cubic metre landslide occurred at Anargyroi in Greece as a result of the collapse of the slopes bordering a lignite mine
29 March 2016
Sparmos Dam – a significant dam failure in Greece on Sunday 27th March
On Sunday 28th March 2016 the Sparmos Dam in Greece underwent an overtopping and breach event, damaging local fields and roads
23 February 2016
Ropoto: a town in Greece lost to a landslide
In Greece the town of Ropoto has been abandoned due to the movement of a large landslide. Damage was 1st noticed in the 1960s, but the town was lost in 2012
19 November 2015
Lefkada: dramatic landslides from the earthquake on 17th November
The M=6.5 earthquake off the coast of Lefkada in Greece on Tuesday induced dramatic landslides, caught on video, that have covered the famously beautiful Egremni Beach
10 April 2015
Sumner road drone footage and two other new landslide videos
There are three interesting new videos on Youtube, one showing rockfall damage on a orad above Sumner in New Zealand, one showing a landslide induced house collapse in India and the other showing a landslide event (and its aftermath) in Greece
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