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20 January 2022
A large rock slab topple from India
CCTV footage has been posted online of an unusual and interesting large rock slab topple from Jammu and Kashmir in India
13 July 2021
Diablerets: a very interesting video of a rock topple from the Swiss Alps
On Friday 9 July 2021 a rock topple was caught on video on the flanks of Le Dôme, a peak above Diablerets glacier in Switzerland
5 August 2019
Grandview Surf Beach: a fatal rock topple in California
On 2nd August 2019 a rock topple on Grandview Surf Beach near San Diego in California killed three women from a single family
20 April 2018
Further information about the Castell de Mur landslide in Spain
More information is now available about the Castell de Mur landslide in Spain on 16th April, including drone images, before and after photographs and the seismic traces
29 August 2017
Zhangjiawan landslide: a massive rockslope collapse with 35 fatalities caught on a remarkable video
Yesterday the Zhangjiawan landslide, a massive rockslope collapse in Guizhou,China,caused 35 fatalities. The landslide was caught on a remarkable video.
25 July 2017
Pandoh: two good new landslide videos from Himachal Pradesh in India
Two good new landslide videos have been posted on Youtube: a topple from Pandoh and a wedge failure from elsewhere in Himachal Pradesh in India
11 September 2015
Weare Cliffs in Dorset – rockfall video
In Dorset, Southern England a dramatic rock topple on the progressive landslide at Weare Cliffs has been captured on video by a local fisherman
23 August 2015
The rockfall physics of Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner
Wile E. Coyote often tried to catch the Road Runner using rockfalls. Unfortunately he failed to understand how hard it is to predict landslide behaviour, especially in cartoon land.
10 March 2015
Review of a paper – the 27th February 2014 San Leo landslide in northern Italy
In a newly published paper, Lisa Borgatti and colleagues describe the February 2014 landslide that affected the historical town of San Leo in northern Italy, providing both a description of the event and a historical context. Landslides will be a major threat to this historical site in the coming decades
18 July 2013
Toppling failure – a spectacular time lapse video from coastal cliffs in France
BRGM, the French Geological Survey, have captured a time lapse sequence of photographs of a toppling failure from St Jouin Bruneval in Normandy, France
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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