The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 15 September 2024, a mine waste storage facility at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district of Odisha in India failed, releasing mud and water onto surrounding farmland. According to news reports, the facility […]
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The 26 to 28 September 2024 landslide disaster in Nepal
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 26 to 28 September 2024, Nepal was struck by exceptional late monsoon rainfall, inducing landslides and flooding across a wide swathe of the country. The rescue operation is still ongoing, but […]
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A major landslide disaster has occurred in Myanmar, triggered by Typhoon Yagi
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 10 to 13 September 2024, the remnants of Typhoon Yagi swept across Thailand and Myanmar, bringing exceptional rainfall. Obtaining accurate information about the impacts of such events in Myanmar is extremely […]
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Fatal landslides to the end of August 2024
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Following my annual leave in Chile, I have finally been able to catch up with the fatal landslide data for August 2024. This follows my post for the end of July, which […]
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The 16 September 2023 landslide on the margin of Dickson Fjord in Greenland
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. There has been quite a stir over the last week regarding a remarkable paper (Svennevig et al. 2024) that was published in the journal Science, describing a series of events that occurred […]
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The 22 July 2024 landslides in the Gofa Zone of Ethiopia
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 22 July 2024, two landslides occurred in the Gofa Zone of Ethiopia. I blogged about these events at the time, but the true picture was somewhat unclear due to the remote […]
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The failure mechanism of the 17 December 2017 Santa Lucía landslide in Chile
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 17 December 2017, a large landslide was triggered at Santa Lucía in the northern Patagonian Andes of Chile. An initial rock slope failure transitioned into a 12 km long debris flow […]
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The 10 September 2024 landslide at Lang Nu (Nậm Lúc) in Vietnam
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. As Super Typhoon Yagi roared onshore on 10 September 2024, landslides were triggered across a swathe of Vietnam. The most serious event occurred at Lang Nu (locally written Nậm Lúc), in Lao […]
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Spatiotemporal patterns of non-seismic fatal landslides in China from 2010 to 2022
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Long term readers of this blog will know that I have a deep passion for understanding the patterns of fatal landslides in time and space. Some of my own work has focused […]
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The Pissouri landslide in Cyprus
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. There are two very interesting urban landslides making headlines at the moment. One is the Rancho Palos Verdes landslide in California – there is a well-informed description of this ongoing crisis on […]