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21 April 2022

Wairoa: hundreds of landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in New Zealand

Wairoa: heavy rainfall in recent weeks has triggered hundreds of shallow landslides in the Hawkes Bay region of New Zealand

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15 January 2012

Landslides and logging – an pictorial example from New Zealand

Some pictures of landslides triggered on a slope after logging, taken in New Zealand yesterday

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8 December 2009

Landslide in the Lake District (Cumbria) in the recent floods

Thanks to Rhiannon George of Meridian Geoscience for her help with this – the images and most of the information have been provided by her. The press coverage of the recent (English) all time record rainfall event in Cumbria (in the area most commonly known as the Lake District in NW England) has focused upon the disastrous floods at Cockermouth. However, less well reported is the extensive devastation up in …

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23 December 2008

Brazil landslides

Over the last month Brazil has suffered terribly from heavy rainfall that has induced extensive flooding and landslides. Over130 people have been killed to date. This week, Minas Gerais state has been heavily affected. The Latin American Herald Tribune has today released this image of some of the damage. It shows how small, shallow soil slips are causing extensive damage to houses.

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