The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. In terms of human losses, the mountains of Asia remain the global hotspot for landslides. Whilst earthquake-induced landslides cause occasional, very high levels of loss (e.g. the 2005 Kashmir Earthquake and the […]
Dave Petley
Posted inThe Landslide Blog
The 8 December 2024 landslide at Arhavi in Turkey
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 December 2024, a very large landslide occurred at Arhavi in the Artvin area of Turkey, killing four people in a car that was travelling along the coastal highway. Tolga Gorum […]
Posted inThe Landslide Blog
Fatal landslides in November 2024
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. I have now compiled the initial data for the fatal landslides that occurred globally in 2024. As ever with these update posts, this is subject to review, but it provides an initial […]
Posted inThe Landslide Blog
A new coal waste landslide at Cwmtillery in South Wales
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. In Wales, Storm Bert brought extremely heavy rainfall over the weekend, triggering extensive flooding and a number of landslides. The most serious failure appears to have occurred at Cwmtillery in Blaenau Gwent, […]
Posted inThe Landslide Blog
The mobility of landslides triggered by earthquakes
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. A key determinant of the ability of a landslide to cause loss is its mobility. A more mobile landslide has greater potential capacity to impact humans and their assets, and faster movement […]
Posted inThe Landslide Blog
The 30 November 2022 Maratea rockfall in southern Italy
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 30 November 2022, the Maratea rockfall occurred on the slopes below Castrocucco castle in southern Italy. This landslide is the subject of an interesting paper (Santo and Massaro 2024) that has […]
Posted inThe Landslide Blog
The 8 October 2005 Hattian Bala landslide in Pakistan
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. I was recently pondering some of the most interesting landslides on which I have worked during my career, and was reminded of the 8 October 2005 Hattian Bala landslide in Kashmir, Pakistan. […]
Posted inThe Landslide Blog
Patterns of fatal landslides in Shaanxi Province, China
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. China is a highly landslide-prone country, but the distribution of failures is not even in time and space. One of the most landslide-prone areas in Shaanxi province, in the northwest of the […]
Posted inThe Landslide Blog
The remarkable Nordic Waste landslide in Ølst, Denmark
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Loyal readers may remember that in January of this year I posted a piece about the ongoing scandal associated with the Nordic Waste landslide in Denmark. In brief, this was a large […]
Posted inThe Landslide Blog
The impact of the 26 to 28 September 2024 rainfall event in Kavre, Nepal
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. As I have noted previously, between 26 and 28 September 2024 Nepal suffered an extraordinary rainfall event that triggered thousands of landslides, killing over 200 people. The cause was a heavy rainstorm […]