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New images of the 3 August 2023 Shovi landslide
Satellite and terrestrial images are casting light on the Shovi landslide in Georgia.
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Hudiksvall – an interesting embankment failure that caused a train derailment in Sweden
120 people have been evacuated from a derailed train near Hudiksvall after heavy rainfall brought by Storm Hans caused embankment failure
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The 4 August 2023 debris flow at Shovi in Georgia
The 4 August 2023 catastrophic debris flow that destroyed Shovi in Georgia started as a rockslide high in the mountains above the town.
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A new home for the Landslide Blog
From 7 August 2023 this will be the new home of the Landslide Blog. All new posts will appear here. For now, older posts will remain on the AGU Blogosphere site.
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A Massive Landslide Beheaded One of the World’s Highest Peaks
Annapurna IV toppled in a Himalayan landslide, and scientists finally figured out when and how it happened.
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A very lucky escape in a debris flow in Arunachal Pradesh, northern India
A video posted to social media shows three people having a very lucky escape from a debris flow in Arunachal Pradesh, northern India.
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Bisisthal: a one million tonne rock slope collapse in Switzerland
On 30 July 2023 a one million tonne rock slope collapse occurred close to Bisisthal in Switzerland. It was captured on video.
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A Giant Rockslide on a Bed of Steam
Detailed observations of the giant Sevier gravity slide in Utah show that the exceedingly low basal friction required for its rapid emplacement was developed by trapped thermally pressurized fluids.
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A 1952 Landslide Hints at Early Permafrost Thaw in the Arctic
Scientists took a deeper look at a 70-year-old slide and found that climate change likely set the stage for the disaster.