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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
9 June 2014
Litochovice: an interesting highway landslide in the Czech Republic
A landslide in June last year at Litochovice in the Czech Republic has delayed the opening of a new motorway indefinitely
19 January 2013
An interesting landslide in the Great Smoky Mountains
Images of an interesting landslide in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina
2 October 2012
Three late monsoon landslides in Nepal
Three landslides in Nepal yesterday claimed 20 lives
24 October 2010
Landslides from typhoon Megi in Taiwan
The passage of typhoons past or across Taiwan often leads to the generation of exceptionally high rainfall totals that, when combined the steep topography and weak rocks, inevitably triggers extensive landsliding. The late season typhoon Megi, whose erratic course meant that it somewhat unexpectedly brought heavy rainfall to Taiwan at the end of last week, was no exception.
26 April 2010
The mechanism of the Highway 3 landslide in Taiwan
That bastion of “quality” journalism, the Daily Mail, has an article about the Highway 3 landslide that includes a set of high quality images of the site: tic The article correctly identifies the failure as being a dip-slope slide: “The hill had a dip slop [sic – should be slope] on the side nearest the motorway. The other side of dip slopes are steep and irregular, while the slope itself …
Images of the Highway 3 landslide in Taiwan
I have still not managed to track down some really good images of the Highway 3 landslide in Taiwan, but for now here are two pictures from the China Post: More later I hope.
25 April 2010
Aerial video film of the Highway landslide in Taiwan
Youtube now has a helicopter video of the Highway landslide in Taiwan: It is an extraordinary landslide, apparently being a deep translational slide that has displaced a great raft of material fronted by the cutslope shown in the previous post. I will be interested to see some decent images in the morning!
The location of the Taiwan highway landslide
I have I think identified the location of the Taiwan highway landslide today. Based upon this image (source): The location appears to be here: It appears that the failure has occurred on the cutslope shown in the centre of the image, with the margin of the slide being close to the bridge (which can be seen in the first image on top of the debris). Thus, it appears to be …
A huge landslide on Freeway No.3 in Taiwan
Taiwan today suffered an extraordinary landslide in Highway number 3, which links Taipei with Keelung. The landslide appears to have completely buried the road for a distance of about 300 m. The depth of burial looks to be more than 10 m. There are reports that there were a number of cars on the road at the time – if so, the chances of survival are slim. At the moment …
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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