The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Rainfall induced landslide disasters just keep on occurring in this extraordinary year. October usually sees a dramatic reduction in events globally as the northern hemisphere summer rainfall ebbs away. However, this year […]
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Rancho Palos Verdes Landslides Have Residents Seeking Science
Residents of Rancho Palos Verdes are looking to the scientific community for help in understanding the slow-moving landslides that are destroying their community.
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The role of urban growth in the generation of landslide risk – an example from Brazil
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. In a recent post, I highlighted the likely role that high atmospheric temperatures, associated with a combination of anthropogenic climate change and the recent (now waning) El Nino conditions, are playing in […]
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A Planet Labs satellite image of the failure of the mine waste storage facility at Lanjigarh in India
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 15 September 2024, a mine waste storage facility at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district of Odisha in India failed, releasing mud and water onto surrounding farmland. According to news reports, the facility […]
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The 26 to 28 September 2024 landslide disaster in Nepal
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 to 28 September 2024, Nepal was struck by exceptional late monsoon rainfall, inducing landslides and flooding across a wide swathe of the country. The rescue operation is still ongoing, but […]
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A major landslide disaster has occurred in Myanmar, triggered by Typhoon Yagi
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 10 to 13 September 2024, the remnants of Typhoon Yagi swept across Thailand and Myanmar, bringing exceptional rainfall. Obtaining accurate information about the impacts of such events in Myanmar is extremely […]
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Counting from One to Nine to Detect Debris Flows
A groundbreaking method using Benford’s law allows the detection of debris flows from seismic signals.
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Fatal landslides to the end of August 2024
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 annual leave in Chile, I have finally been able to catch up with the fatal landslide data for August 2024. This follows my post for the end of July, which […]
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The 16 September 2023 landslide on the margin of Dickson Fjord in Greenland
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. There has been quite a stir over the last week regarding a remarkable paper (Svennevig et al. 2024) that was published in the journal Science, describing a series of events that occurred […]
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The 22 July 2024 landslides in the Gofa Zone of Ethiopia
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 July 2024, two landslides occurred in the Gofa Zone of Ethiopia. I blogged about these events at the time, but the true picture was somewhat unclear due to the remote […]