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21 March 2014
The Randa rockslide – a spectacular new video
A new video has appeared on Youtube showing the April 1991 rockslide at Randa in Switzerland
14 February 2014
Xinjiang earthquake: a good new image of the landslides
Another image has emerged of landslides triggered by the Xinjiang earthquake yesterday
10 February 2014
Three interesting new videos – a slow avalanche, a coastal rockslide and a quarry slide
Three new videos have been brought to my attention – one showing a slow avalanches in Italy and two rockslides, one on the coast and one in a quarry
2 October 2013
A selfless act of bravery – a father saves his daughter by shielding her with his body
In a selfless act of bravery, a father saved the life of 13-year-old Gracie Johnson by shielding her from rockslide debris in Colorado
1 October 2013
Five people killed in rockslide on Mount Princeton in Chaffee County, Colorado
A rockslide on Monday on the flanks of Mount Princeton in Chaffee County, Colorado killed five people and left a teenage girls with a broken leg
24 July 2013
Two dramatic new landslide videos from China
Two new videos on Youtube show landslides in China. One features the aftermath of a loess landslide, the other a rockslide above a community
4 June 2013
Rockfalls and landslides from the Taiwan earthquake on Sunday
A video of rockslides from the 2nd June 2013 M=6.2 earthquake in Taiwan
25 May 2013
So where is the lateral margin of the Laxiwa Hydropower Station landslide?
An analysis of imagery of the lanslides at the Laxiwa HEP in China. The stability of the slopes are a source of real concern
23 May 2013
A wonderful new progressive failure rockslide video
A new video has appeared that shows a large progressive rockslide in action. It was taken at the town of Riddes in Switzerland in Friday
12 March 2013
An interesting new rockslide video on Youtube
A small rockslide on a Cornish slope has been captured in action in a high quality video

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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