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19 July 2017
Cold Springs swimming hole: a mudflow tragedy in Arizona
On Sunday a mudflow swept through the Cold Springs Swimming Hole in Arizona. Ten people swimming at the popular site were washed away and killed.
9 July 2017
The Willow Creek landslide: a large valley-blocking slide in Wyoming
The Willow Creek landslide is a large-valley blocking earth and mud flow that was discovered last week in the Wyoming Range in the USA
16 June 2017
NTSB report: train collision with a landslide in Northfield, Vermont
In the USA, the NTSB has released a report into a major derailment at Northfield in Vermont, caused by a collision with a small rockslide
15 May 2017
Clinch Mountain in Hawkins County: a large rockslide in Tennessee
This weekend a classic and reasonably large planar rockslide blocked Highway 70 at Clinch Mountain in Hawkins County, Tennessee
12 May 2017
The 2013 Bingham Canyon mine failure: insights into the giant Manefay landslide
Brad Ross, a mining engineer, has provided extensive insights into the events leading up to the vast Manefay landslide at the Bingham Canyon mine in 2013
9 May 2017
Landslide vs Jeep: a new video on Youtube
A video has appeared on video showing what happens when a debris slide side-swipes a Jeep. The circumstances of the landslide are unknown
5 May 2017
The Van Zandt landslide: another great example of landslide mapping using LIDAR
The Van Zandt landslide in Washington State: the value of LIDAR for mapping landslides in densely vegetated and difficult landscapes
28 April 2017
The Oso landslide: a new paper on the material properties and failure mechanism
A new paper examines both the materials and the mechanisms of the 2014 Oso landslide, and proposes a new model that fits all of the available evidence
13 April 2017
Shimla and Idaho: two new, and very different, landslide videos
Two new landslide videos have appeared on Youtube; one from Shimla showing a large slide triggered by construction, and the other on a highway in Idaho, USA
31 March 2017
Point Dume: an interesting new landslide video from California
A video has been posted on Youtube that shows a dramatic landslide that occurred at Point Dume on the Californian coast on 25th March 2017
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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