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5 November 2017
George Town: another serious landslide in Penang
Overnight, heavy rainfall has triggered a major rotational landslide at a newly-constructed engineered slope in George Town, Penang in Malaysia
24 October 2017
The Tanjung Bungah landslide: a very challenging site
A drone image of the site of the Tanjung Bungah landslide taken in June 2017 suggests that it was a very challenging site for development
23 October 2017
Tanjung Bungah: a major construction site landslide in Malaysia that killed 11 people
On Saturday a major landslide on a large cut slope at a construction site in Tanjung Bungah in Penang, Malaysia killed eleven workers
1 January 2017
Tumpat-Kuala Lipis: A landslide induced train derailment in Malaysia
Yesterday heavy rainfall triggered nine landslides on the Tumpat-Kuala Lipis railway line in Malaysia, one of which derailed a train
9 July 2015
Mount Kinabalu: the day the mountain shook
The Straits Times in Singapore has published a detailed account of the Mount Kinabalu earthquake and rockfalls from the perspective of the school party that was struck by the debris on the mountain slopes.
22 June 2015
Landslide-induced sediment production after the Sabah earthquake in Malaysia
Landslides caused by the 5th June 2015 Sabah earthquake in Malaysia have released large amounts of sediment that is now causing extensive damage downstream
8 June 2015
The Mount Kinabalu rockfall on Friday
The Mount Kinabalu rockfall on Friday, induced by a M=6.0 earthquake, is now known to have killed 19 people, including school children from Singapore
5 June 2015
Malaysia earthquake: early reports of seismically-triggered landslides
Early reports suggest that the M=6.0 Malaysia earthquake this morning may have triggered landslides and rockfalls, especially on Mount Kinabalu, where five climbers are thought to have been killed.
22 October 2014
The Bukit Beruntung landslide in Selangor, Malaysia
Earlier this week heavy rainfall triggered a landslide at Bukit Beruntung in Selangor, Malaysia, which resulted in the evacuation of over 2000 people
2 February 2014
Jalan Kenanga: A video of a retaining wall failure in Malaysia
In Jalan Kenanga in Malaysia in 2009, a large retaining wall collapsed at a construction site. A video captured the failure as it developed.
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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