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Hazards & Disasters

Volcanic eruption with steam rising from a snow-covered peak.
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Alaska’s Mount Veniaminof Volcano Is Stealthy—Here’s Why

by Gaea Cabico 18 December 202418 December 2024

New research explains why Mount Veniaminof erupts without the usual warming signs.

A drone view shows the Nakhu River flooding and affecting homes during heavy rainfall in Lalitpur, Nepal, in September 2024.
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Climate Change Amplified the Effects of Extreme Rainfall in Nepal

by Leslie Liang 18 December 202418 December 2024

A new study indicates that rapid urbanization and deforestation also contributed to devastation caused by floods and landslides in 2024.

Landslides on abandoned coastal cliffs triggered by the 17 December 2024 Mw=7.3 Port Vila Earthquake in Vanuatu.
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Landslides from the Mw=7.3 17 December 2024 Port Vila Earthquake in Vanuatu

by Dave Petley 18 December 202418 December 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. It has been widely reported that an M=7.3 earthquake struck Vanuatu on 17 December 2024 at 12:47 local time. Wikipedia is referring to this as the Port Vila Earthquake as the epicentre […]

The January 2024 Liangshui landslide in China.
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The 22 January 2024 Liangshui landslide in the Wumeng Mountain Area of China

by Dave Petley 17 December 202417 December 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 22 January 2024, the Liangshui landslide struck the Wumeng Mountain area of China, killing 44 people. I blogged about this significant event at the time, including the following Youtube video that […]

The aftermath of the 7 December 2024 Turmalina Mine landslide in Brazil.
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The 7 December 2024 mine waste landslide at Turmalina Mine in Brazil

by Dave Petley 16 December 202416 December 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 7 December 2024 a major landslide occurred in a mine waste pile at the Turmalina Mine in Brazil. The operator, Jaguar Mining, has put out a press release that provides a […]

Change in the LHI for most major mountain ranges in Asia under SSP 5–8.5, relative to the value for the base period 1990–2014. Shaded areas represent one standard deviation. From Stanley et al. (2024).
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Future increases in landslide hazard across the high mountains of Asia

by Dave Petley 12 December 202412 December 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. In terms of human losses, the mountains of Asia remain the global hotspot for landslides. Whilst earthquake-induced landslides cause occasional, very high levels of loss (e.g. the 2005 Kashmir Earthquake and the […]

Park rangers walk away from marine debris. A small stump appears by the waterline.
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Buried Tree Stumps Show Shoreline Shifts of the Outer Banks

by J. Besl 11 December 202411 December 2024

Storms are unburying centuries-old stumps on North Carolina’s barrier islands. Researchers hope these long-gone forests can help land managers plan for the future.

A still from the Cumhuriyet drone footage of the crown of the 8 December 2024 Arhavi landslide in Turkey.
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The 8 December 2024 landslide at Arhavi in Turkey

by Dave Petley 11 December 202411 December 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 8 December 2024, a very large landslide occurred at Arhavi in the Artvin area of Turkey, killing four people in a car that was travelling along the coastal highway. Tolga Gorum […]

The total number of fatal landslides for 2024 by month. Author's own data.
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Fatal landslides in November 2024

by Dave Petley 10 December 202410 December 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. I have now compiled the initial data for the fatal landslides that occurred globally in 2024. As ever with these update posts, this is subject to review, but it provides an initial […]

View of a starry night sky with streaks of white and yellow through the center. Front-lit palm trees appear in the foreground.
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Seismometers Track Atmospheric Shock Waves from Incoming Space Debris

by Farah Aziz Annesha 9 December 202417 December 2024

A Chinese spacecraft that burned up high over Los Angeles created a sonic trail detected by ground-based sensors.

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