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18 January 2013
An intriguing very large landslide dam and breach event from March 2012 in Peru
A new Youtube video appears to show the aftermath of a very large landslide and breach event in March 2012 in Huaraz, Peru
9 May 2012
Using seismic data to analyse the Seti River landslide in Nepal
From 2 sources, analysis of seismic data & an eye-witness report, info is emerging about the landslide that caused the deadly Seti flood.
6 May 2012
Flash flood in Nepal kills at least 15, with up to 36 more missing
It is possible that the catastrophic flood in Nepal yesterday, which killed up to 50, was caused by a landslide dam collapse
1 March 2012
Falling lake levels at the Attabad landslide dam
The Pamir Times reports that lake levels at Attabad have slowly fallen by 6 m since the removal of the coffer dam on Monday
27 February 2012
Updated (twice) with videos: Breaking news – the Attabad landslide spillway has been reopened
Initial reports of the blasting of the coffer dam blocking the Attabad spillway
20 February 2012
Attabad landslide – reports indicate that the barrier will be blasted next week (updated)
Reports suggest that there are plans to blast the Attabad landslide on Monday 27th February
19 January 2012
The 1929 Murchison Earthquake in New Zealand
A review of landslides triggered by the 1929 Murchison earthquake in New Zealand, including some pictures I took in my recent visit.
24 December 2011
The Philippine Tropical Storm Washi (Sendong) disaster may have been due to the collapse of landslide dams?
News reports are suggesting that the last weeks Tropical Storm disaster in the Philippines was due to the collapse of landslide dams.
21 September 2010
Tangjiashan again – and a possible new Chinese flowslide
Back in 2008 I dedicated a great deal of space on this blog to the extraordinary efforts by the Chinese Army to draining the landslide lake at Tangjiashan, just above the town of Beichuan, which was created by the May 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake. These efforts were ultimately successful, but in my visit to the site in Spring 2009 it was clear that a threat remained at the site in the …
1 September 2010
The latest NASA image of Attabad
NASA have released another spectacular satellite image of the Attabad dam and lake. In the article they focus on the upstream end of the lake: The article states that the water level can be seen to have dropped as the area upstream of Hussaini is no longer inundated. Now there is some evidence that the water level has dropped a little – the Pamir Times reports 12 feet (4 metres), …
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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