The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. In January 2025, I have provisionally recorded 34 fatal landslides worldwide, resulting in 156 fatalities. As usual, there is further work to do to this data to get a definitive list. The […]
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The 3-4 October 2023 Sikkim GLOF: drivers, causes and impacts of a multihazard cascade
Our new paper in the journal Science provides a detailed analysis of the causes and consequences of the terrible landslide-triggered Glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) that struck northern India late in 2023. The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. […]
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The 17 December 2024 Takhini River landslide and river ice tsunami, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 17 December 2024, the 118,000 cubic metre silt and clay Takhini River landslide occurred on a cut bank of the Takhini River, 25 km northwest of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. The landslide, […]
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The 22 February 2023 fatal landslide at the Xinjing open-pit coal mine in Inner Mongolia
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. At 13:12 local time on 22 February 2023, a large landslide occurred at the Xinjing open-pit coal mine in Inner Mongolia. The failure killed 53 people and injured a further 6 individuals. […]
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The timing of landslides in areas of permafrost thawing
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 no scientific doubt that human activity is driving rapid warming of the terrestrial climate, and that this is amplified in high latitude and high mountain environments. An inevitable, and […]
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Checking in on three earlier fatal landslides
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. My regular scans of reports of landslides around the world has highlighted interesting updates on three events of the last year or so. The 14 December 2024 Lions Bay Landslide The Vancouver […]
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Thawing Permafrost Helped Trigger Ancient Icelandic Landslides
New research shows that warming beginning about 13,000 years ago contributed to a proliferation of landslides in Iceland.
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Landslide risk in La Paz, Bolivia
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. AFP has posted a very good overview of the hazards posed by landslides in the capital city of Bolivia, La Paz (unfortunately it cannot be embedded). Located at a high elevation, characterised […]
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The looming threat of landslides in the wildfire damaged areas of Los Angeles County
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. As Los Angeles recovers from the dreadful wildfires that have destroyed parts of the county, awareness is growing of the potential threat from landslides. The touchstone for these concerns was an interesting […]
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The 14 January 2025 landslide at McCrae in Victoria, Australia
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. News outlets in Australia have extensive coverage of a landslide that occurred on 14 January 2025 on Penny Lane in McCrae, Australia. The landslide destroyed totally a large house. A employee of […]