The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. An interesting paper (Lee et al. 2024 – available online as a pdf) has recently been published in the International Journal of Erosion Control Engineering, which considers landslide problems in expanding urban […]
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2024 fatal landslides at the half way point – an update as of 30 June
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. At the weekend we reached the half way point through the calendar year, so it is timely to provide an update on the number of fatal landslides, following my note of a […]
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The 28 June 1974 Quebrada Blanca landslide disaster in Colombia
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Last week marked the 50th anniversary of the 28 June 1974 Quebrada Blanca landslide disaster in Colombia, in which up to 500 people were killed. There is a good video, in Spanish, […]
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The El Kherba landslide in Algeria, reactivated by the 7 August 2020 Mila earthquake
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. There is an interesting article (Bourenane and Mezouar 2024) in the Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment about the El Kherba landslide in Algeria, which was reactivated by the 7 August […]
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More information about the 24 June 2024 heap leach landslide at Eagle Mine in Canada
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Information is emerging about the 24 June 2024 landslide at Eagle Mine in Yukon, Canada. Northern Miner has a video taken from an aircraft flying over the site that is worth a […]
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The possible causes of the deadly 21 June 2024 Sorte debris flow in Switzerland
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. The Federal Office of Topography in Switzerland has collected and published online aerial imagery of the site of the deadly 21 June 2024 debris flow in Switzerland, which killed three people. The […]
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A major landslide at a heap leach pad at Eagle Gold Mine in the Yukon, Canada
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. In a short statement on its website yesterday, Victoria Gold (“a mining company focused on the Yukon”) confirmed that “the heap leach pad (“HLP”) at the Eagle Gold Mine in Yukon experienced […]
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The 21 June 2024 landslide at Sorte in Switzerland
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 21 June 2024, a large landslide struck Sorte, a small hamlet in the Misox Valley of Switzerland, triggered by extremely intense rainfall. At the time of writing it is believed that […]
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A landslide emergency at Longiarù in northern Italy
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. In the Dolomite region of northern Italy, an interesting landslide emergency is under way. The location is Longiarù, a village located in San Martino in Badia. So far, 56 buildings, mostly houses, […]
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Landslides triggered by an extreme rainfall event on 4 July 2023 in Wanzhou, China
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. In the last few days, China has suffered multiple landslides triggered by heavy rainfall, with reports of fatalities. It is often difficult to get high quality information about these events in China […]