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Hazards & Disasters

Google Maps image of the possible location of the 221 March 2025 tailings landslides at Fatufia in Indonesia.
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A fatal tailings landslide at Fatufia in Sulawesi in Indonesia

by Dave Petley 24 March 202524 March 2025

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 […]

Google Earth image of the site of the major debris flow at Budai Kamar in the Swat Valley, Pakistan.
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Protecting vulnerable populations from debris flows

by Dave Petley 20 March 202520 March 2025

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 […]

Retrogressive, rotational liquesfaction failures of tailings at Andavilque in Bolivia.
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Video of the 16 March 2025 tailings landslide at Andavilque, Bolivia

by Dave Petley 19 March 202519 March 2025

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 […]

Satellite image of the aftermath of the 16 March 2025 tailings landslide at Andavilque in Bolivia.
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Breaking news: a major tailings landslide at Andavilque in Bolivia

by Dave Petley 18 March 202518 March 2025

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 […]

Google Earth image of the aftermath of the 26 August 2022 debris flow at Budai Kamar in the Swat Valley, Pakistan.
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The 26 August 2022 debris flow at Budai Kamar in the Swat Valley, Pakistan

by Dave Petley 18 March 202518 March 2025

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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How (Slow) Earthquakes Get Going

by Thorsten W. Becker 17 March 202517 March 2025

Non-volcanic tremor ramp up precedes slow slip in Cascadia by about a day, indicating that brittle-creeping process interactions control nucleation.

Drone image of the upper part of the 13 September 2024 Ba Thau landslide in Vietnam. Image provided by Tien Pham.
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The 13 September 2024 Ba Thau landslide in Lao Cai province, Vietnam

by Dave Petley 17 March 202518 March 2025

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 […]

Cars drive down a city street flooded with water halfway up the tires. A hillside with clusters of houses is visible in the background.
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Flooding from Below: The Unseen Risks of Sea Level Rise

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 12 March 202520 May 2025

Researchers demonstrate a method for assessing how rising seas could raise groundwater levels, potentially transmitting flood hazards far inland.

The aftermath of the 10 September 2024 Lang Nu landslide in Vietnam. Image copyright Planet, captured on 19 September 2024, used with permission.
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The 10 September 2024 Lang Nu landslide in Vietnam

by Dave Petley 12 March 202512 March 2025

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 […]

Photo of Gabura Union, Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta.
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Asian Megadeltas: Tackling Coastal Flooding Challenges

by Mélanie Becker, Katharina Seeger and Amelie Paszkowski 11 March 202511 March 2025

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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