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4 March 2013
New images of the Hatfield Colliery (coal mine) landslide in northern England
New images have appeared on Twitter of the Hatfield Colliery landslide. These show some amazing deformation patterns at the toe of the landslide
19 December 2012
Unbelievable – a video of a landslide striking and derailing a freight train in Everett, near Seattle, USA
On Monday a landslide derailed a freight train Everett, near Seattle in Washington State, USA. The landslide was caught on a remarkable video
14 December 2012
Images of a railway landslide in the Canadian Rockies
Some images of a spectacular rockslide in western Canada that blocked the CN mainline last month
30 November 2012
Multiple landslides in the UK in the last week
A selection of landslides triggered by the recent uusually heavy rainfall across the UK
28 July 2012
A landslide is rapidly destroying a World Heritage site in India
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, a World Heritage site, has been closed by a landslide at Tindharia
30 June 2012
The train derailment on the West Highland line on Thursday
The Daily Mail has a set of images of the train derailed by a landslide on Thursday on the West Highland line in Scotland
29 June 2012
Railway landslides in the UK yesterday
Intense rainfall brought by thunderstorms triggered multiple landslides on the UK rail network yesterday
1 May 2012
Two railway landslides in the UK
In exceptionally heavy rainfall over the last week in the UK there has been two significant landslide events on railway lines.
22 September 2011
Catching up part 2: landslides in NY State and Germany; the trial of the Italian Seismologists; and a video of a landslide on the Mohawk River
Updates on landslide events over the last few weeks – including a new video, a trai accident in Germany, landslides from Hurricane Irene, and the trial of the Italian seismologists.
8 March 2011
Distorted railway lines in the Christchurch Earthquake
After the September 2010 Darfield earthquake I posted Malcolm Teesdale’s now famous image of distorted railway track. This post provides an update in light of the Christchurch earthquake, including an explanation as to why this type of deformation can occur in tracks.
Dave Petley is the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. His blog provides a commentary on landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
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