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25 November 2018
Planet Labs SkySat image of the Yarlung Tsangpo valley-blocking landslide
Planet Labs have captured a high resolution Skysat image of the remains of the valley-blocking Yarlung Tsangpo landslide in Tibet
14 November 2018
Jinsha River landslide: breaching has started
Breaching has started at the Jinsha River landslide in Jomda, Tibet after a 240 metre long channel was excavated to release the water.
12 November 2018
A dangerous, valley-blocking landslide in Jomda County, Tibet
On the Tibet / Sichuan border a very large landslide has occurred in Jomda County, blocking the Jinsha River. A very large lake has formed, with a volume of 469 million cubic metres. Overtopping is expected to occur today.
22 March 2018
Wairoa: a significant valley-blocking landslide in New Zealand
A significant valley-blocking landslide has occurred near to Wairoa in New Zealand. The Mangapoike River is blocked and a lake estimated to be 50 m deep has formed
2 March 2018
More detail on the Papua New Guinea landslide dams
The European Space Agency satellite Sentinel 2 has collected good images of at least some of the Papua New Guinea landslide dams
17 November 2016
Hapuku River: a major landslide dam after the earthquake in New Zealand
A very large valley blocking landslide has occurred on the Hapuku River in New Zealand following the Kaikoura earthquake, creating a 150 m high dam
14 November 2016
First news of landslides from the Kaikoura Earthquake sequence in New Zealand yesterday
Images are just starting to emerge of multiple large landslides triggered by the Kaikoura earthquake in New Zealand yesterday.
5 October 2015
The seismically triggered landslide dam in Honshiyan, Yunnan, China: a review of a new paper
In a just published paper, Zhang et al. 2015 describe the emergency works undertaken to mitigate the seismically triggered landslide dam at Honshiyan, Yunnan in China in 2014.
21 June 2015
Tbilisi, Georgia:- a landslide dam-break flood killed 19 people
Last Sunday a flash flood killed at least 19 people and destroyed the zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia. The cause appears to have been the collapse of a landslide dam on the Vere River about 20 km upstream of the city
26 May 2015
Kali Gandaki: an interesting landslide dam and breach
On Sunday a landslide blocked the Kali Gandaki river in Nepal for about 15 hours before breaching to release a significant flood.
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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