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28 March 2016
A terrifying video of two coaches trapped by “shooting rocks” in Pakistan
A terrifying video has appeared on Youtube showing two buses trapped by “shooting rocks” on the Karakorum Highway in Pakistan
12 March 2016
Nasty dancing rocks: boulders in Glenwood Canyon
A new video from Glenwood Canyon in Colorado shows nasty dancing rocks – boulders rolling down a steep slope. The potential for damage is huge.
15 February 2016
Sumner rockfalls – videos from the M=5.7 earthquake near Christchurch yesterday
Sumner rockfalls – videos of the landslides triggered by the M=5.7 earthquake near to Christchurch in New Zealand yesterday
15 January 2016
Wolhusen: an interesting river-blocking rockfall in Switzerland
On Monday night a large rockfall in Wolhusen blocked the Keine Emme river, causing a flood through a local industrial park. Estimated damage is US$1 million
12 December 2015
Two interesting landslide videos from Congjiang, China and Manali, India
Two dramatic landslides appeared on Youtube this week, a huge rockfall from Manali in India and a landslide destroying houses in Congjiang, China
15 October 2015
Karachi rockfall: a human-induced tragedy?
A rockfall in Karachi on Tuesday killed 13 people including seven children. Images of the site hint that there may be a human cause of the tragedy
11 September 2015
Weare Cliffs in Dorset – rockfall video
In Dorset, Southern England a dramatic rock topple on the progressive landslide at Weare Cliffs has been captured on video by a local fisherman
7 September 2015
Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona – an interesting rockfall problem
A joint rock block is forming close to the Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona, threatening infrastructure at the foot of the slope. The US Bureau of Reclamation are involved in an extraordinary project to try to stabilise it.
29 August 2015
A large rockfall on the Tour Ronde, Mont Blanc
On Thursday a significant rockfall occurred on the Tour Ronde in the Mont Blanc region. It was captured in a dramatic video by Gianluca Marra, a local climbing guide
23 August 2015
The rockfall physics of Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner
Wile E. Coyote often tried to catch the Road Runner using rockfalls. Unfortunately he failed to understand how hard it is to predict landslide behaviour, especially in cartoon land.
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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