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1 November 2016
Another novel way to manage rockfall hazard: blasting the slope with gunfire from a tank
Authorities in Switzerland have hit upon a novel way to manage rockfall hazard by blasting it with heavy gunfire from a tank
19 September 2016
A great new landslide video: Piz Cengalo
A number of videos have been posted online show a large rock avalanche on Piz Cengalo in the Swiss Alps on 11th September
26 August 2016
Two further videos of the Kleine Gaisl rockfall in Italy
Two new videos have been posted to Youtube showing the Kleine Gaisl rockfall events in the Dolomites of northern Italy last week
23 August 2016
Kleine Gaisl: a large rockfall in the Italian Dolomites
Last weekend Kleine Gaisl, a mountain in the Italian Dolomites, suffered a series of large rockfalls with a combined volume of about 700,000 cubic metres
3 August 2016
Collapse of the Lord’s Rake boulder in the English Lake District
Earlier this week it was reported that the Chockstone, a famous wedged boulder on the Lord’s Rake in the English Lake District, has collapsed
26 June 2016
Landslides in Art Part 26: Robyn Collier
Robyn Collier, an artist from New South Wales in Australia, has painted The Landslide, a beautiful image of a rockfall scar in the Blue Mountains
15 June 2016
The boulder that came to tea
The boulder that came to tea – in Dubrovnik, Croatia, a boulder crashed through the window of a house during heavy rainfall on Monday
25 April 2016
Two new landslide videos: Espirito Santo, Brazil and an unknown site in SW China
Espirito Santo rock joint collapses There is an extraordinary video on Facebook showing massive collapses of sheeting joints in Espirito Santo Brazil. I cannot embed the video, but really recommend that you take a look. This is the moment of collapse: . The collapse occurred in Pancas County of Espirito Santo in an area of granite massifs. The video was posted by Heinrich Theodor Frank, who provides the following comment …
23 April 2016
Liuliao Village, China: a rockfall strikes a crowded school
In Liuliao in soouthern China a rainfall-triggered rockfall struck a primary school on Thursday , injuring more than 20 pupils and teachers.
15 April 2016
Colonnata: a large collapse in a Carrara marble quarry in Italy
Yesterday a large rockfall occurred at a quarry for Carrara Marble at Colonnata in Tuscany, Italy, killing two quarry workers and injuring a third. Carrara Marble is the stone from which Michelangelo carved his sculpture David, and it is a prized building material worldwide.
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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