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Annotated image showing the speculative main aspects of the 21 June 2024 Sorte debris flow in Switzerland. Base image from Swisstopo.
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The possible causes of the deadly 21 June 2024 Sorte debris flow in Switzerland

by Dave Petley 26 June 202426 June 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. The Federal Office of Topography in Switzerland has collected and published online aerial imagery of the site of the deadly 21 June 2024 debris flow in Switzerland, which killed three people. The […]

Planet Labs satellite image of the aftermath of the heap leach landslide at the Eagle Gold Mine in the Yukon.
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A major landslide at a heap leach pad at Eagle Gold Mine in the Yukon, Canada

by Dave Petley 25 June 202425 June 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 a short statement on its website yesterday, Victoria Gold (“a mining company focused on the Yukon”) confirmed that “the heap leach pad (“HLP”) at the Eagle Gold Mine in Yukon experienced […]

Google Earth image showing the location of the 21 June 2024 landslide at Sorte in Switzerland.
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The 21 June 2024 landslide at Sorte in Switzerland

by Dave Petley 24 June 202424 June 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 21 June 2024, a large landslide struck Sorte, a small hamlet in the Misox Valley of Switzerland, triggered by extremely intense rainfall. At the time of writing it is believed that […]

The landslide threatening Longiarù in northern Italy.
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A landslide emergency at Longiarù in northern Italy

by Dave Petley 20 June 202420 June 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 the Dolomite region of northern Italy, an interesting landslide emergency is under way. The location is Longiarù, a village located in San Martino in Badia. So far, 56 buildings, mostly houses, […]

Planet Labs image of the area of Wanzhou in China, after it had been affected by extreme rainfall on 4 July 2023.
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Landslides triggered by an extreme rainfall event on 4 July 2023 in Wanzhou, China

by Dave Petley 19 June 202419 June 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 the last few days, China has suffered multiple landslides triggered by heavy rainfall, with reports of fatalities. It is often difficult to get high quality information about these events in China […]

Google Earth image of the Chinchorro TSF, which failed in June 2024.
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The 13 June 2024 tailings dam failure at the Chinchorro TSF at Peñablanca in Chile

by Dave Petley 18 June 202418 June 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. At about 8 pm on 13 June 2024, a failure occurred in the embankment wall of the Chinchorro tailings storage facility, close to the village of Peñablanca, near the town of Cabildo […]

The fatal rock topple at Canyon de Furnas in Brazil. Still from a Youtube video.
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The causes of the 8 January 2022 fatal rock topple at Furnas Reservoir in Brazil

by Dave Petley 13 June 202413 June 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 January 2022, a large rock topple occurred on the banks of the Furnas Reservoir in Brazil. This event, which I wrote about at the time, was captured on a series […]

Google Earth image from 2010 showing the site of the 24 May 2024 Kaokalam landslide in Papua New Guinea.
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Reflections on the 24 May 2024 Kaokalam landslide in Papua New Guinea

by Dave Petley 12 June 202412 June 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 great deal has been written about the 24 May 2024 Kaokalam landslide in Papua New Guinea, although there remains considerable uncertainty too. For example, estimates of the loss of life continue […]

Wyoming Department of Transport image of the site of the 6 to 8 June 2024 landslide on Teton Pass in Wyoming, USA.
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The 6-8 June 2024 landslide at Teton Pass in Wyoming, USA

by Dave Petley 11 June 202411 June 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Between 6 and 8 June 2024, a landslide destroyed a section of State Highway 22 along the Teton Pass in Wyoming. No lives were lost in this major landslide, although a motorcyclist […]

Ongoing landslides in 2024 in Northern India, courtesy of the wonderful Save the Hills blog.
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Global fatal landslides in 2024 – the situation at the end of May

by Dave Petley 7 June 20247 June 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 thought it would be useful to provide an update on the pattern of fatal landslides in 2024 to the end of May. Clearly, in the aftermath of the terrible 24 May […]

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