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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.
29 January 2013
A round up of just a few of the recent landslide events
In the last few weeks there has been an unusual amount of landslide activity worldwide. This is just a few of the more interesting events, there are many more that I’ll try to cover in the next few days. Thanks to everyone who has pointed them out to e, and apologies if I have not acknowledged your contribution or covered your story yet. Please do keep them coming! 1. The …
3 January 2013
Greater clarity, and some controversial media statements, about the Bukit Setiawangsa landslide in Malaysia
Further information is now available about the remarkable engineered slope failure at Bukit Setiawangsa in Malaysia
17 July 2012
A landslide closes a famous hotel in India
The famous Hotel Oberoi Clarkes in Shimla has had to be closed as a result of a landslide that now threatens the building
28 March 2012
Retaining wall failure in Austria and large-scale wash-outs in New Zealand
A brief report on a fatal retaining wall failure in Austria and wash-outs in New Zealand last week
26 January 2010
The San Antonio retaining wall collapse – did the developer have a permit?
Reports suggest that ground movement has ceased in the Rivermist subdivision, which suffered a fairly spectacular retaining wall failure over the last few days. Attention is now focussing upon that retaining wall – and in particular on why it failed. This is a pretty key issue given the potential liabilities and its magnitude – the wall is 1000 feet (>300 m long). Press reports note two interesting aspects of this …
25 January 2010
Ongoing massive retaining wall failure in San Antonio, Texas, USA
Updated here In the United States there is an interesting developing story about a large-scale retaining wall failure that is causing the collapse of a housing estate in San Antonio, Texas. The housing development, called the Rivermist subdivision, is the one shown in the Google Earth image below. It is still under construction. The marker shows the approximate location of the slide, as far as I can tell: According to …
17 October 2008
Retaining wall collapse, Uganda
On Tuesday morning a collapse occurred in a retaining wall being constructed for the foundations of a new tower block in the capital of Uganda, Kampala. Two images have been published online of the failure, which buried nine workers, killing eight of them: Monitor online image of the Pensions Towers collapse site New Vision image of the Pensions Towers collapse site Collapses like this are now quite rare in more …
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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