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27 September 2015
Tonzang landslide: a new giant landslide in Chin Division, Burma (Myanmar)
In late July exceptional rainfall appears to have triggered a large number of landslides in Chin Division, Burma (Myanmar), including the giant Tonzang landslide
21 July 2015
Semirara: an interesting coal mine landslide video
Last week a landslide in a coal mine on the island of Semirara killed nine miners. News reports include an interesting video of an earlier slide in the same coal mine
9 July 2015
Mount Kinabalu: the day the mountain shook
The Straits Times in Singapore has published a detailed account of the Mount Kinabalu earthquake and rockfalls from the perspective of the school party that was struck by the debris on the mountain slopes.
22 June 2015
Landslide-induced sediment production after the Sabah earthquake in Malaysia
Landslides caused by the 5th June 2015 Sabah earthquake in Malaysia have released large amounts of sediment that is now causing extensive damage downstream
8 June 2015
The Mount Kinabalu rockfall on Friday
The Mount Kinabalu rockfall on Friday, induced by a M=6.0 earthquake, is now known to have killed 19 people, including school children from Singapore
5 June 2015
Malaysia earthquake: early reports of seismically-triggered landslides
Early reports suggest that the M=6.0 Malaysia earthquake this morning may have triggered landslides and rockfalls, especially on Mount Kinabalu, where five climbers are thought to have been killed.
16 September 2013
Fatal landslides in Asia – an updated map
The distribution of fatal landslides in Asia is very uneven. This is an updated map based upon my landslide database
27 May 2009
Landslides from Cyclone Alia in Darjeeling
One of the most admirable landslide websites that I know is the Save the Hills blog, which is the mouthpiece of a community level group trying to raise awareness of the problems of landslides in Darjeeling in NE India. I have featured this site several times before. As Cyclone Alia has closed in on the area over the last few days See below) they have been warning of the danger …
12 March 2009
Climate Change Vulnerability Mapping for Southeast Asia
A very interesting report was released last week by the Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA) in which an attempt has been made to map the pattern of vulnerability across the region to climate change. The aim of the project, for which the report is available online, was to “identify which regions in Southeast Asia are the most vulnerable to climate change.” This is a fairly bold thing …
3 November 2008
Malaysia talk
The following is my presentation at the International Symposium on Slopes in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is an invited paper on the topic of landslides in Asia in relation to climate change and other environmental pressures. I hope you find it of interest. The file should appear below: http://www.authorstream.com/player.swf?p=102769_633612995446250000Uploaded on authorSTREAM by Dr_Dave If you cannot see the file then click on the highlighted Dr_Dave link above. The full Powerpoint …
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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