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16 October 2010
Round up of landslide stories and events for the last week
In weeks in which I have been too busy to post a great deal of material, I often provide a summary of interesting landslide events around the world. This is the summary for the last week:1. A very strange landslide in Germany Thanks once again to Peter Diehl, the prize for bizarre landslide event of the week goes to a very strange event at a former lignite mine near Hoyerswerda, …
14 April 2009
A round-up of some recent landslide events
I thought that it was time to provide a round-up of some landslide events from around the world: 1. A narrow escape in AustraliaThanks to Remke van Dam for bringing this one to my attention. This Australian family had a pretty lucky escape last week when a pair of large rocks struck their car (image from here): 2. A road-blocking rockfall in AlaskaThanks to John Fritz for this one. In …
28 December 2007
Round up: 28th December
Reported fatal landslides during the last few days include: Malaysia: a landslide in Kampung on 26th December killed four members of a single family Colombia: a landslide on 26th Decemner in Tolima killed three people.
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