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21 September 2011
The earthquake in the Himalayas, Typhoon Roke, and landslides in Guatemala and Rwanda
Updates on the earthquake in the Himalayas, the overtopping of landslide dams in Japan resulting from typhoon Roke, and landslides in Rwanda and Guatemala.
20 September 2011
Update on the earthquake in the Himalayas, plus typhoon Roke, an earthquake in Guatemala and landslides in China and Italy
Latest information on the earthquake in the Himalayas, plus an earthquake in Guatemala and landslides in China and Italy
13 February 2011
Two videos: the aftermath of the remarkable Turkish open cast mine accident and a CNN hero
A short post proving a video of the aftermath of the turkish open cast mine accident, and a link to a CNN video on the work Of Anne Hallum
15 January 2009
Guatemala landslide – new satellite image
The Advanced Land Imager instrument of the NASA Earth Observation satellite EO-1 has recently collected an image of the Guatemalan landslide, which they have made available online. The image is here. I have cropped it to show just the slide – it is quite useful:
9 January 2009
Landslide hazard and the Guatemala rockslide
As commenters on my earlier threads have pointed out (thanks to them), the location of the landslide in Guatemala can now be pinpointed using a map produced by CONRED. This map comes from a very useful report, with some good images of the rescue and recovery operation, available here. I have reproduced the map below (click on the map for a better view): Helpfully, this allows the location to be …
8 January 2009
The Guatemala landslide – video of the failure in December
The Guatemalan landslide becomes more interesting by the day. It is now apparent that the first failure, which occurred on 14th December and killed five people (the remains of three of whom were not recovered) was also caught on video. This is available on Youtube. I have embedded it below, so should work: If not, then it can be viewed here.
Guatemala landslide
As the Guatemala landslide now fades from media prominence, Reuters have released probably the best image to date of the landslide site: It is now clear that this was a a large rockslide (not a mudslide as reported elsewhere). AP have released a good image of the site: Whilst this Reuters image shows the runout of the landslide quite well: Finally, CONRED released this image of the site to show …
7 January 2009
Another video of the Guatemala landslide
It now appears that there are two videos of the Guatemala landslide. The second one, which is not as clear as the original, has appeared on the Telediaro 3 web site. It can be viewed here: http://www.telediario.com.gt/index.php?id=15366&tim;=# Meanwhile, there remains considerable uncertainty as to the number of victims (we may never know for certain I suspect), whilst speculation is intensifying regarding the cause. Given the clear size of the landslide …
6 January 2009
The Guatemala landslide was caught on video!
Unbelievably, it turns out that the Guatemalan landslide, which it appears killed at least 42 people, was caught on video. Geologist Marlon Contreras was recording at the edge of the site when the failure occurred. The video captures the movement, although mercifully little of the detail. The video can be viewed at this web page:http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/2009/enero/06/multimedia.html The failure that happens 1 minute and 50 seconds into the video defies belief! I …
5 January 2009
Guatemala landslide
The first major landslide event of 2008 occurred on Sunday in Alta Verapaz in northern Guatemala. At the moment reports are somewhat fragmented, but the Guatemalan newspaper Prensa Libre has published the following (not great quality) image. I have tried to enhance it as much as I can: Clearly this is a major failure – the news report suggests a mass of10,000 tonnes. To date that there are 29 known …
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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