The causes of the 8 January 2022 fatal rock topple at Furnas Reservoir in Brazil
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 8 January 2022, a large rock topple occurred on the banks of the Furnas Reservoir in Brazil. This event, which I wrote about at the time, was captured on a series of videos taken by people on boats on the reservoir, such as this one:- The topple killed 10 people and injured a further 32 individuals. A new paper in the journal Landslides (Sun et al. 2024) provides a very detailed and insightful review of this…
Reflections on the 24 May 2024 Kaokalam landslide in Papua New Guinea
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. A great deal has been written about the 24 May 2024 Kaokalam landslide in Papua New Guinea, although there remains considerable uncertainty too. For example, estimates of the loss of life continue to vary wildly, although the higher numbers (2,000 people) now look unlikely. The central estimate seems to be 670 people, but this still feels high to me. For those who have not seen it, Dan Shugar posted a series of tweets considering the sequence of…
The 6-8 June 2024 landslide at Teton Pass in Wyoming, USA
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Between 6 and 8 June 2024, a landslide destroyed a section of State Highway 22 along the Teton Pass in Wyoming. No lives were lost in this major landslide, although a motorcyclist may have been injured in a crash associated with road damage, and the road has now been completely destroyed. The Wyoming Department of Transport has been admirably transparent about this landslide, with an excellent set of resources and images, and a timeline of the sequence…
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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.