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6 April 2009
Cave rockfall in Shropshire, England
The British newspapers are reporting that overnight a rockfall occurred in Hermitage Cave near to Bridgnorth in Shropshire, England. This is news because at the time there was a group of teenagers camping in the cave. Sadly, one of them was killed and another was badly injured. These caves are old dwellings cut into the Bridgnorth Sandstone (see image below from here): The caves used to be much larger but …
9 January 2009
Future British seasonal precipitation extremes – implications for landslides
One of the great questions of the age is of course the ways in which climate change will affect the weather patterns that we are likely to see in the future. In the case of landslides the key issue is the ways in which precipitation patterns will alter, especially the most intensive rainfall events that are responsible for many of the most damaging landslides. One of the most significant steps …
15 May 2008
The Dorset landslide revisited
It is now sensible to revisit the 7th May Dorset landslide, upon which I blogged here. Now, eight days on, it is clear that there was a slight media over-reaction to this event, probably spurred by reported comments that this was the largest failure for a century. It wasn’t. The image below from the BBC, clearly shows what actually happened. A section of cliff has collapse from the Blue Lias …
7 May 2008
Black Ven landslide in Dorset
NOTE: see follow-up blog here, outlining why this landslide is not as large or significant as was initially reported. ——————-Update: ITV have a low res video of the landslide site here. This confirms the general location and shows that the failure is indeed large.——————-Update 2: The BBC now have some good aerial footage of the landslide here. It is slightly intriguing as it appears that the slide is wide but …
23 April 2008
Cayton Bay Landslide
It is not often that I get to write about a landslide that is (practically) in my own backyard, but this is one of those rare occasions. In fact for the last fortnight or so this landslide has been generating quite a lot of local news – see for example a report in the Daily Telegraph. The landslide in question is in Cayton Bay in North Yorkshire. Here, a set …
9 March 2008
Strange landslide in the UK
Farmers Weekly Interactive carries a rather strange report and some excellent photos of a landslide that occurred near to Widnes in NW England on 29th February: “Tractor Driver James Fletcher who works for Chester-based contractor Mike Harley, had a lucky esacpe when the field he was ploughing gave way beneath him. He was on the final run of a sloping field near Alvaney, Widnes, when the bank he was on …
25 January 2008
Rock avalanche in New Zealand and Sodbury landslip in the UK
In the last week or so there have been two contrasting examples of landslides that demonstrate the poor relationship between size and impact. First, there was this rather interesting and quite large rock avalanche in Aoraki-Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand: The 13th January 2008 Aoraki-Mt Cook landslide Picture from: New Zealand Herald There is a really nice set of photos in Flash form on the New Zealand Herald website …
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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