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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Flooding from Below: The Unseen Risks of Sea Level Rise
Researchers demonstrate a method for assessing how rising seas could raise groundwater levels, potentially transmitting flood hazards far inland.
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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 […]
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Asian Megadeltas: Tackling Coastal Flooding Challenges
Integrating scientific insights into current actions is crucial for steering future research directions and underpinning informed management of coastal flooding in Asian deltas.
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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 […]