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Hazards & Disasters

The aftermath of the 3 August 2025 debris flow in the Ridi valley.
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The 3 August 2024 debris flow in the Ridi valley, Kangding, Sichuan Province, China

by Dave Petley 23 June 202523 June 2025

27 people were killed by a massive channelised debris flow in China last year. On 3 August 2024, a large debris flow occurred in the Ridi valley, Kangding, Sichuan Province, China. This event is described in a paper (Cheng et al. 2025) just published in the journal Landslides. Whilst the paper itself is behind a […]

The 15 June 2025 landslide at Zhonghe village in western Guangdong province, China
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The 15 June 2025 landslide at Zhonghe in western Guangdong province, China

by Dave Petley 19 June 202519 June 2025

A community in China had a narrow escape when a landslide, triggered by Typhoon Wutip, occurred on the slopes above the village. Fortunately, the population had been evacuated when a local woman noted signs that a failure might be imminent. At about 4 am on 15 June 2025, rainfall associated with the remnants of Typhoon […]

The May 2025 landslide on the Burma River in Yukon.
Posted inThe Landslide Blog

A large landslide on the Yukon River in Canada

by Dave Petley 17 June 202517 June 2025

In May 2025, a 950 m wide landslide occurred on the banks of the Yukon River in Canada. A few days ago, the Yukon Geological Survey posted some information to its Facebook site regarding a large landslide that has occurred on the banks of the Yukon River close to Burma Road. This was the information […]

Photo of a large plume of smoke emitting from a volcano.
Posted inEditors' Vox

Inside Volcanic Clouds: Where Tephra Goes and Why It Matters

by Federica Pardini 16 June 202512 June 2025

Monitoring and forecasting the movement of volcanic clouds is key to mitigating the impacts on communities, infrastructure, and air traffic.

Satellite image of the aftermath of the August 2023 landslides to the south of Ho Bon commune in Vietnam.
Posted inThe Landslide Blog

Multiple rainfall-triggered landslides in Ho Bon commune Vietnam in August 2023

by Dave Petley 16 June 202516 June 2025

Between 4 and 6 August 2023, intense rainfall triggered at least 346 landslides in the area around Ho Bon commune in Mu Cang Chai district, Yen Bai province in Vietnam I have written frequently on this blog about clusters of rainfall-induced landslides. Another really interesting example has been highlighted in a paper (Toan et al. […]

Image reportedly showing the failure of a mine waste storage facility at the Tawau gold mine in Bukit Mantri, Malaysia.
Posted inThe Landslide Blog

Bukit Mantri: a mine waste facility failure in Malaysia

by Dave Petley 12 June 202512 June 2025

On 17 May 2025, a failure occurred in a mine waste facility at the Tawau gold mine in Malaysia. Images suggest that this might have been an overtopping event in a contaminated water storage pond. On 17 May 2025, there was a failure of a mine waste storage facility at Bukit Mantri in Malaysia. The […]

Satellite image showing the channelised debris flow at Craigtown in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
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Landslides triggered by Hurricane Helene in September 2024

by Dave Petley 11 June 202511 June 2025

The USGS has published a preliminary report on landslides triggered across western North Carolina, northern South Carolina, eastern Tennessee, and parts of southern Virginia by Hurricane Helene in September 2024. Over 2,000 failures were triggered by up to c.700 mm of rainfall in a 72 hour period. Between 26 and 28 September 2024, the remnants […]

The impact of the debris flows on the road at Val de Bagnes in Switzerland.
Posted inThe Landslide Blog

Another landslide crisis in Switzerland – debris flows in the Val de Bagnes

by Dave Petley 10 June 202510 June 2025

30 people have been evacuated in Les Epenays and Fregnoley in the Val de Bagnes in Valais due to the threat of debris flows . As the dust settles on the landslide crisis at Blatten, Swissinfo has published a very nice article highlighting the growing landslide risk in Switzerland. For example, in the canton of […]

A row of men walk across a desert landscape toward billowing pillars of smoke.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

The Goldilocks Conditions for Wildfires

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 9 June 20259 June 2025

Twenty years of data from around the world show that areas that are not too dry and not too wet are most conducive to wildfire burning.

Photo of a large crater
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Rising Concerns of Climate Extremes and Land Subsidence Impacts

by Laurie S. Huning 9 June 20254 June 2025

Increasing interplay among extreme events and land subsidence impacts calls for urgent mitigation and policy action to reduce detrimental ramifications to infrastructure and people.

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