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21 February 2013
Two coal mine landslides – both fatal (including a rockfall video)
High quality images and a video have emerged of two fatal coal mine landslides – one in China and one in the Philippines. Together they claimed 15 lives.
29 February 2012
Video: Preventative blast to mitigate rockfall hazard
An interesting video of a controlled blast to manage a rockfall hazard in France
27 August 2010
Amazing new rockfall video from Yosemite
Thanks to Greg Stock for bringing this one to my attention. Yosemite National Park have produced a video providing information for visitors about the hazards associated with rockfalls. It includes an extraordinary piece of footage – captured by a visitor to the park – of a rockfall detaching from the cliff, fragmenting on impact on the the slope, and then travelling down the talus slope. The video of the detachment …
9 March 2010
Another life lost at Attabad
Construction of the spillway at Attabad in northern Pakistan continues, but there is little doubt that the construction workers at the site, and indeed those walking over the dam to access the boat service, face considerable risks from rockfalls from the original landslide scar. On 4th March such a rockfall occurred, striking two people on the upslope face of the landslide deposit. One, an army bulldozer driver, was injured whilst …
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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