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24 March 2017
The Mitchell Creek landslide in British Columbia, Canada
In a paper just published, Clayton et al. (2017) describe the Mitchell Creek landslide, a very large rockslide in Canada triggered by glacial debuttressing
7 March 2017
Oroville dam: multiple riverbank failures on the Feather River after the flow was abruptly stopped
The rapid drawdown of the water level in the Feather River when the Oroville Dam flow was stopped last week induced multiple riverbank failures downstream
1 March 2017
New images reveal the scale of damage to the Oroville spillway
Flow has been temporarily stopped down the Oroville Spillway in California, allowing the magnitude of the damage to be assessed.
20 February 2017
New landslide videos: San Bernadino National Forest, La Paz and the Big Sur
San Bernadino National Forest landslide video One of a number of new landslide videos that have been published in the last few days comes from San Bernadino National Forest in Southern California, triggered by the latest in a procession of intense rainfall events in recent weeks. This is a very impressive video of a large landslide in the Forest Falls area. In many ways the most interesting aspect is the high …
10 February 2017
Oroville Dam: extraordinary erosion, and a crisis, on the spillway
At the Oroville Dam in Calfornia an extraordinary crisis has developed as the spillway undergoes massive, flood-induced erosion
18 January 2017
The Mount Sulzer avalanches: the amazing video
The fourth of the Mount Sulzer avalanches, which occurred in August 2016, was captured in a remarkable video by Luke Wassink, a National Park Ranger
11 January 2017
The 1906 Haverstraw landslide
The 1906 Haverstraw landslide This week marked the 111th anniversary of the disastrous Haverstraw landslide in Rockland County, New York, which killed 19 people. The disaster was caused by the folly of humans, chasing wealth to be made from the excavation of glacial blue clay, ideal for brick making. At the height of the industry there were an estimated 3,000 labourers making 350 million bricks per year in Haverstraw. Over …
7 December 2016
The Icy Bay landslide in Alaska: a nice video describing the link with glacial melting
. The Icy Bay landslide in Alaska A very nice video has been posted on Youtube describing the link between the giant Icy Bay landslide in Alaska in 2015 (this landslide is also variously known as the Taan Fjord landslide and the Tyndall Glacier landslide), which is the largest known recent landslide in North America, and the melting of the adjacent glacier. The video features Dr Michael Loso, physical scientist …
5 December 2016
Lidar – the amazing landslide mapping tool
An example from Washington State in the USA illustrates how Lidar is transforming the mapping of landslides in vegetated areas
11 November 2016
St-Luc-de-Vincennes: a spectacular quick clay (?) slide in Quebec
A spectacular and dramatic landslide at St-Luc-de-Vincennes in Quebec, Canada yesterday has the hallmarks of a quick clay slide
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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