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6 June 2016
Granbury, Texas: a lakeside landslide that threatens an apartment block
In Granbury, Texas a landslide over the weekend is threatening an apartment block, home to 16 families. The cause of the landslide is unclear.
13 May 2016
New landslide videos from the last few days, including an impressive rockfall at Mont Granier
Two new landslide videos have appeared on Youtube, including an impressive rockfall last weekend on Mont Granier in the French Prealps and a smaller collapse at Swimmer’s Delight in California
11 April 2016
The Tyndall Glacier landslide: images from the University of Alaska Fairbanks
Chris Larsen from the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska Fairbanks has released a set of aerial images of last year’s Tyndall Glacier landslide and tsunami in Taan Fjord in Alaska. This was the largest historic landslide in North America.
1 April 2016
Landslides in Art Part 25: Richard Humphrey
This 25th edition of the Landslides in Art series features Morning at Bluff Cove by the Californian landscape artist Richard Humphrey
30 March 2016
Rockfall triggering on warm days in exfoliating landscapes
In a new paper in Nature Geoscience, Collins and Stock (2016) have shown that thermal expansion can be a key factor in rockfall triggering in Yosemite
20 March 2016
Chelan County: A landslide near Wenatchee triggers evacuations
Near to Wenatchee in Chelan County, Washington State a landslide has developed that is now threatening over 20 houses, ileading to evacuations.
12 March 2016
Nasty dancing rocks: boulders in Glenwood Canyon
A new video from Glenwood Canyon in Colorado shows nasty dancing rocks – boulders rolling down a steep slope. The potential for damage is huge.
29 February 2016
Elk City landslide: a very interesting video
On 18th February the Elk City landslide, a large rockslide, was captured on video by a transportation worker in Idaho, USA
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
12 January 2016
A major rockslide on US2 near Wenatchee
A major rockslide has blocked US2 near to Wenatchee in Washington State, USA. The landslide appears to be a wedge failure in a jointed rock mass
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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