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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.
6 August 2014
Yunnan earthquake: images of the valley blocking landslides
The government mapping agency in China has released satellite images of landslides triggered by the Yunnan earthquake earlier this week
5 August 2014
Valley-blocking landslides: latest from Sunkoshi and Yunnan, and a brief update on the Malin landslide in India
Unusually there are two valley-blocking landslides causing concerns at present, in Nepal & China, whilst recovery operations at Malin in India continue
9 July 2014
Shawa village: a significant mudslide in China
A mudslide in Shawa Village in Fugong County, Yunnan Province in China may mark the beginning of the unusually late landslide season across Asia
26 July 2009
Two recent landslides at hydroelectric sites in China
In the past week China has suffered two rather extraordinary landslide accidents at hydroelectric plants. The first occurred an 20th July 2009 near to the Xiaowan hydroelectric power station in Yunnan province. The dam, shown in the artist’s impression below, will apparently be the world’s tallest arched dam, standing 292 m high when finished. It is still under construction, with the first turbine expected to be operational later this year: …
5 November 2008
The cost of the Yunnan landslides
On a day when a different type of landslide is dominating the news (a happy end to the possibility of four more years of an anti-science administration in the White House), reports continue to come in about the disastrous landslides in Yunnan Province in China on Sunday. Usually it is very difficult to get an estimate of the real costs of landslides, but Xinhua has provided an unusual level of …
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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