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30 January 2017
A terrifying and tragic mudslide video from Arequipa in Peru
Dramatic footage has emerged of a mudflow on the Panamerican Sur highway in Arequipa in Peru that caused three people to lose their lives
12 January 2017
Volcan, Argentina: massive mudflows cause major disruption
In the last few days heavy rainfall has triggered a number of major landslides that have affected the towns of Volcan and Tumbaya in Argentina
30 August 2016
The official report into the Samarco Tailings Dam failure in Brazil
Yesterday the official report into the Samarco Tailings Dam failure in Brazil was released. A website has been created to allow the report to be downloaded. The investigation documents a long series of management problems at the site prior to the final collapse.
16 June 2016
Landslide video: a massive landslide takes out a truck in Peru
A new video on Youtube shows a massive landslide taking out a small truck on a mountain road in Peru. The circumstances are unclear.
25 April 2016
Two new landslide videos: Espirito Santo, Brazil and an unknown site in SW China
Espirito Santo rock joint collapses There is an extraordinary video on Facebook showing massive collapses of sheeting joints in Espirito Santo Brazil. I cannot embed the video, but really recommend that you take a look. This is the moment of collapse: . The collapse occurred in Pancas County of Espirito Santo in an area of granite massifs. The video was posted by Heinrich Theodor Frank, who provides the following comment …
27 March 2016
Remarkable new footage of the mudflow from the Samarco tailings dam failure in Brazil
A new video has appeared on Youtube showing the remarkable mudflow released by the Samarco Tailings dam failure in Brazil in 2015
3 February 2016
New landslide videos: Aconcagua (again), Muothatal and Pacifica
Three new landslide videos, including a debris flow from Aconcagua, an earthflow from Muothatal in Switzerland and coastal erosion in Pacifica
2 February 2016
Landslides in Chile Part 5: Water waves triggered by landslides and the Mentirosa Island Landslide complex
The Mentirosa Island landslide complex comprises four tsunamigenic soil-rock slides in Patagonia, Chile, with a combined volume of 8 million cubic metres.
27 January 2016
Landslides in Chile 4: The Punta Cola rock avalanche in Aysén Fjord
Triggered by the Mw 6.2 Aysén earthquake in Chile on 21 April 2007, the Punta Cola rock avalanche has a volume of 22.4 million cubic metres
24 January 2016
The greatest ever debris flow video? Aconcagua in Argentina
An amazing video has appeared on youtube showing a debris flow on the flanks of Aconcagua in Argentina. It came very close to killing a group of trekkers
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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