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5 October 2016
Aletsch: a major developing post-glacial rockslide
A major post-glacial rockslide is developing on the flanks of the Moosfluh above the Aletsch Glacier in Canton du Valais in Swizerland
3 October 2016
The location of the Rizhao rockslide in Shandong
Thanks to various friends the location of the very dangerous and large Rizhao rockslide in Shandong, China last week is now clear
28 September 2016
Rizhao rockslide: a narrow escape in a new public park in Shandong, China
On Saturday a large rockslide occurred at a brand new public park in Rizhao in Shandong, eastern China. The event appears to have been a lucky escape.
28 April 2016
Forecasting the time of failure: the Preonzo rockslide
In a wonderful new paper in the journal Landslides, Simon Loew and collagues describe the use of monitoring data to forecast the failure of the 2012 Preonzo rockslide in Switzerland
17 March 2016
The Val Strem rockslide – a dramatic long run out landslide in Switzerland
On Monday night the Val Strem rockslide thundered off the Cuolm is da Vinci in Switzerland. This dramatic rockslide travelled about 1 km down the valley
8 March 2016
Kalimpong Day 4 part 1: An interesting and deadly roadside landslide
Kalimpong Day 4: an interesting and hard to manage rockslide that killed two people on State High 31A in India in January 2016
29 February 2016
Elk City landslide: a very interesting video
On 18th February the Elk City landslide, a large rockslide, was captured on video by a transportation worker in Idaho, USA
10 February 2016
Fude Village, China: six killed in a rockslide
Early on Monday morning six people were killed in a rockslide at Fude village in southern China.
22 January 2016
The Punta Tre Amici rockslide in Italy
The Punta Tre Amici rockslide, a landslide of about 200,000 cubic metres, occurred on the flanks of Monte Rosa on 16th December 2015.
12 January 2016
A major rockslide on US2 near Wenatchee
A major rockslide has blocked US2 near to Wenatchee in Washington State, USA. The landslide appears to be a wedge failure in a jointed rock mass
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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