The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 24 May 2024 at 2:56 am local time, a catastrophic landslide occurred close to Yambali in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea, at: [-5.382, 143.365]. I wrote about this rockslide at the […]
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Potential coal waste landslides at Ledo in Assam, India
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. India Today NE has a very interesting article about the risk of coal waste landslides to communities in Ledo, which is in Margherita co-district in Assam, N. India. The article states:- “Residents of […]
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A fatal tailings landslide at Fatufia in Sulawesi in Indonesia
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. With many thanks to a loyal reader for highlighting the issue, there is the sad news this morning of yet another tailings landslide. The event occurred early on Saturday morning, 22 March […]
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Protecting vulnerable populations from debris flows
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Channelised debris flows are a major cause of landslide fatalities globally. These are terrifying events, occurring with huge speed and violence, sometimes at night and, of course, usually in poor weather. It […]
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Video of the 16 March 2025 tailings landslide at Andavilque, Bolivia
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. The impact of the 16 March 2025 tailings landslide at Andavilque, Bolivia continues to become apparent as the recovery operation is in full swing. News reports suggest that there were two fatalities […]
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Breaking news: a major tailings landslide at Andavilque in Bolivia
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On Sunday 16 March 2025 at about 5 am local time a major failure of a tailings dam occurred at Andavilque, in Llallagua municipality, Potosí department in Bolivia. This was a really […]
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The 26 August 2022 debris flow at Budai Kamar in the Swat Valley, Pakistan
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 August 2022, an extreme monsoonal rainfall event struck the Swat Valley in northern Pakistan. This is a remote area with poor communications, so this event has not received the attention […]
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The 13 September 2024 Ba Thau landslide in Lao Cai province, Vietnam
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 post last week about the 10 September 2024 Lang Nu landslide in Vietnam, the first author of the paper, Pham Tien of the Institute of Geological Sciences, Vietnam Academy of […]
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Landslides in Hebes Chasma, Mars
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. I rarely write about landslides on other planetary bodies, primarily because this is outside of my comfort zone. However, the European Space Agency (ESA) image below popped up on my feed this […]
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The 10 September 2024 Lang Nu landslide 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. The extraordinary impact of landslides in 2024 continues to become apparent. One major event was the passage of Typhoon Yagi across Vietnam and Myanmar in early September. It has been difficult to […]