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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 […]

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 […]

Water carving through ice in a mountain area.
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Millions in India Vulnerable to Glacial Lake Floods

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 10 December 202413 February 2025

Climate change–driven factors make regions more vulnerable to glacial lake outburst floods.

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 […]

Google Earth image from 2013 showing the site of the coal tip landslide at Cwmtillery.
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A new coal waste landslide at Cwmtillery in South Wales

by Dave Petley 25 November 202425 November 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 Wales, Storm Bert brought extremely heavy rainfall over the weekend, triggering extensive flooding and a number of landslides. The most serious failure appears to have occurred at Cwmtillery in Blaenau Gwent, […]

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The mobility of landslides triggered by earthquakes

by Dave Petley 22 November 202422 November 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. A key determinant of the ability of a landslide to cause loss is its mobility. A more mobile landslide has greater potential capacity to impact humans and their assets, and faster movement […]

A Google Earth image, collected in April 2023, showing the aftermath of the 30 November Maratea rockfall.
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The 30 November 2022 Maratea rockfall in southern Italy

by Dave Petley 21 November 202421 November 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 30 November 2022, the Maratea rockfall occurred on the slopes below  Castrocucco castle in southern Italy. This landslide is the subject of an interesting paper (Santo and Massaro 2024) that has […]

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The 8 October 2005 Hattian Bala landslide in Pakistan

by Dave Petley 19 November 202419 November 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 was recently pondering some of the most interesting landslides on which I have worked during my career, and was reminded of the 8 October 2005 Hattian Bala landslide in Kashmir, Pakistan. […]

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Patterns of fatal landslides in Shaanxi Province, China

by Dave Petley 15 November 202415 November 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. China is a highly landslide-prone country, but the distribution of failures is not even in time and space. One of the most landslide-prone areas in Shaanxi province, in the northwest of the […]

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