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 […]
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The role of agricultural terraces in enabling or preventing landslides
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. In many steeply-sloping areas of the world, agricultural terraces are used to enable farming. Terraces change the shape of the slope, but also alter the distribution of the soil and they greatly […]
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The 7 March 2025 rockfall in Ventnor, Isle of Wight
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. At 22:55 local time on 7 March 2025, a significant rockfall occurred on Belgrave Road in Ventnor on the Isle of Wight in southern England. Whilst the event was not large in […]
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Fatal landslides in February 2025
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. In most years, February sees comparatively low numbers of fatal landslides globally. As was the case in 2024, the February 2025 has bucked this trend. In total, I recorded 35 fatal landslides, […]
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Risk-to-life from a coseismic landslide-triggered tsunami in Piopiotahi/Milford Sound, Aotearoa/New Zealand
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 9 December 2019, a small phreatic eruption occurred on Whakaari/White Island in Aotearoa/New Zealand at a time when there were 47 people, most of whom were tourists, on the site. Tragically, […]
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Another tailings storage facility failure – Beposa TSF at Iduapriem Mine in Ghana
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. The Environmental Protection Authority in Ghana released a statement on 27 February 2025 describing an “environmental incident” at the Beposo Tailings Storage Facility (TSF) at the AngloGold Ashanti mine at Iduapriem Mine. […]
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Landslide hazards in the area affected by the 2023 Türkiye-Syria earthquake
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. It is well-established that landslides are a major threat during earthquakes in mountain areas. In the last few decades, it has become increasingly clear that the first very major rainfall event after […]
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The devastating July 2024 landslides in the Zixing region of Hunan 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. There is a really terrific article on the website of Sixth Tone that describes the aftermath of devastating landslides that struck the Zixing region of Hunan Province in China on 27-28 July […]
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The 6 August 2020 Pettimudi landslide in the Western Ghats, India
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. The Western Ghats area of Kerala in SW India has a significant landslide problem in the SW summer monsoon period. This is a tropical, hilly region (elevations extend to over 2,500 metres) […]
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The 18 February 2025 Tailings Storage Facility failure at Chambishi in Zambia
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 18 February 2025, a major tailings storage facility (TSF) failure occurred at a Sino Metals facility near to Chambishi in Zambia. There has been little news reporting about this failure, but […]