The 5 September 2023 Ms=6.8 Luding Earthquake in China killed an estimated 118 people, of whom 80% were killed by landslides.
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Franschhoek: an interesting set of landslides in South Africa
Franschhoek: 299 mm of rainfall deposited by a large storm has triggered an interesting set of landslides in South Africa
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A dramatic landslide video from Chongzhou in Sichuan Province, China
A small truck had a lucky escape when a powerful rockslide hit a road in Chongzhou in Sichuan Province in China
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The Jinbu debris flow experiment in South Korea
A new paper in the journal Landslides (Yune et al. 2023) describes a remarkable debris flow experiment at in South Korea in which 600 cubic metres of soil and water was released down a natural channel.
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Cyclone Gabrielle in New Zealand triggered 140,000 landslides
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Back in February 2023 I highlighted the large numbers of landslides, and their impacts, associated with the passage of Cyclone Gabrielle in North Island of New Zealand. One landslide, at Manukau Heads, […]
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The 23 September 2023 landslide at Stenungsund in Sweden
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 September 2023 a very significant landslide occurred at Stenungsund in Sweden, causing extensive damage to a major road, the E6 motorway between Gothenburg and Oslo (across the border in Norway) […]
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The unusual 18 September 2023 landslides at Dolton in Illinois
A least two landslides were triggered by heavy rainfall on 18 September 2023 at a landfill site at Dolton in Illinois, USA.
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The 24 August 2023 landslide at Anni in Himachal Pradesh, India
A landslide in Anni, N. India has destroyed eight buildings.
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Mudslides and debris flows triggered by Storm Hilary
Videos of debris flows and mudflows from Storm Hilary.
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The Temi landslide – an ancient, valley-blocking failure in Sichuan Province, China
Xie et al. 2023 describe the ancient, 35 million cubic metre, valley-blocking Temi landslide in China.