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10 March 2015

Review of a paper – the 27th February 2014 San Leo landslide in northern Italy

In a newly published paper, Lisa Borgatti and colleagues describe the February 2014 landslide that affected the historical town of San Leo in northern Italy, providing both a description of the event and a historical context. Landslides will be a major threat to this historical site in the coming decades

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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

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18 November 2014

Rabenstein, South Tyrol: a great new landslide video (and a quick update on the Mannen landslide)

On Sunday a 20,000 cubic metre landslide occurred at Rabenstein in South Tyrol, Italy. It was captured on a dramatic video.

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10 February 2014

Three interesting new videos – a slow avalanche, a coastal rockslide and a quarry slide

Three new videos have been brought to my attention – one showing a slow avalanches in Italy and two rockslides, one on the coast and one in a quarry

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19 January 2014

Torrential rain in Italy and France, especially in Liguria, causes landslides

Heavy rainfall in the last few days has triggered landslides in the Liguria region of Italy

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5 December 2013

An interesting landslide at Montescaglioso in Southern Italy

News reports show a large landslide at Montescaglioso in Southern Italy. This appears to be a reactivation by heavy rainfall of the Madonna La Nova landslide system

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10 June 2013

A new landslide video showing the transition from a soil slump to a soil slide

Recent heavy rainfall in Norway caused extensive landslides. This video captures the transition from a soil slump to a rapid flow event.

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27 October 2012

Two interesting forthcoming conferences – the five years after the Wenchuan (Sichuan) earthquake and 50 years after Vajont

Two interesting forthcoming conferences to mark significant landslide events: 5 years after the Wenchuan earthquake and 50 years after Vajont

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26 November 2011

A summary of some recent landslide events

A round-up of landslide events that have caught my eye in the last week.

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28 October 2011

The remarkable rainfall that caused the floods and landslides in Italy this week

Rainfall records from Liguria this week suggest that peak rainfall intensities were truly exceptional – at one gauge they exceeded 140 mm per hour – leading to the flood and landslide disaster that affected northern Italy on Tuesday.

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