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The cumulative total number of fatal landslides by month in 2024 (in black), with previous years (in grey). Author's own data.
Posted inThe Landslide Blog

Fatal landslides in 2024 to the end of October

by Dave Petley 4 November 20244 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 have now collated my initial dataset for fatal landslides that occurred in October 2024. As always, this will be subject to some modification as I work through the data, but I […]

Dirt, rocks, and tree debris block one lane of a mountain highway.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Mapping Landslide Risk in the United States and Puerto Rico

by Rebecca Owen 22 October 202422 October 2024

A new method provides highly accurate continental-scale landslide susceptibility maps that are being used in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.

A coastline is seen from above. The area is mostly covered in greenery, but what appears to be a large landslide has uncovered gray soil that is falling into the blue ocean.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Down in the Slumps: Tracing Erosion Cycles in Arctic Permafrost

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 21 October 202421 October 2024

Climate change is altering permafrost thaw cycles and leading to unique Arctic erosional problems.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

California Wildfires and Weather Are Changing Erosion Patterns

by Rebecca Owen 17 October 202417 October 2024

Sediment runoff from the state’s increasingly severe wildfires and heavy rain events may affect ecosystems and water resources downstream.

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A first analysis of the 30 July 2024 Wayanad landslide

by Dave Petley 17 October 202417 October 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. One of the most significant landslide events of 2024 to date occurred on 30 July in western India. On this date, heavy rainfall triggered multiple landslides in Kerala, of which the most […]

The upper reaches of the 23 August 2024 landslide at Nakkerd Hill in Thailand. S
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The 23 August 2024 landslide at Nakkerd Hill, Phuket

by Dave Petley 16 October 202416 October 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 23 August 2024, heavy rainfall triggered a landslide at Nakkerd Hill (also known as Nak Koet hill) in the Mueng distruct of Phuket, Thailand. The landslide was a channelised debris flow […]

Google Earth image from August 2017 showing the failure at Fushun West OPM.
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The evolution of slope failure in a large open pit coal mine

by Dave Petley 10 October 202410 October 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 recently came across an interesting paper in the Bulletin of Engineering Geology and Environment (Hu et al. 2024) that explores the prediction of the time to failure of large slopes in […]

Two side-by-side images show a glacier and mountain before and after a rockslide.
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Finding the Frequency of a Fjord

by J. Besl 9 October 202415 October 2024

A massive tsunami churned up a mysterious 9-day noise in East Greenland. As the climate warms, more fjords may start singing.

The number of recorded fatal landslides in 2024 to the end of September.
Posted inThe Landslide Blog

Fatal landslides in 2024 to the end of September

by Dave Petley 9 October 20249 October 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 provisional list of fatal landslides in September 2024, which allows me to provide an update on the year to the end of the month. The headline is […]

Google Earth image of the site of the 7 October 2024 landslide at Porto da Terra Preta, in Manacapuru, Brazil.
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The 7 October 2024 landslide at Porto da Terra Preta in Manacapuru, Brazil

by Dave Petley 8 October 20248 October 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 October 2024, a significant landslide occurred at Porto da Terra Preta, in Manacapuru, Brazil. Information about this failure remains somewhat unclear, but some reports suggest that the loss of life […]

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