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Planet Labs image of the aftermath of the 19 June 2025 landslide in the Rubaya mining area.
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The 19 June 2025 landslide at the Rubaya mining site in the Democratic Republic of Congo

by Dave Petley 1 July 20251 July 2025

A major slope failure killed many people, possibly over 300, in an area of unlicenced mining of the mineral Coltan. On 19 June 2025, a very significant landslide occurred at the Rubaya mining site in Masisi territory, North Kivu, which is located in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The […]

Google Earth image of the landslide at the Barry Glacier in Alaska in 2019.
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Landslides during periods of glacial retreat in Alaska

by Dave Petley 30 June 202530 June 2025

An excellent new paper (Walden et al. 2025) examines the occurrence of accelerated movement in rock slope landslides in Alaska as adjacent glaciers melt. The exceptional temperatures in recent days in both North America and Europe has once again highlighted the rate at which the climate is changing in response to anthropogenic increases in greenhouse […]

The 25 June 2025 landslide at Granizal in Colombia.
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The 24 June 2025 landslide at Granizal near to Medellín, Colombia

by Dave Petley 26 June 202526 June 2025

A major landslide has occurred in the vicinity of Altos de Oriente and Manantiales, near to Medellín and Bello, in Colombia. It is believed that about 25 people died. On 24 June 2025 at 3:20 am, a large landslide occurred in the vicinity of Altos de Oriente and Manantiales, near to Granizal in Colombia. At […]

The aftermath of the 24 June 2025 landslide at Houzihé Grand Bridge in Guizhou, China.
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The 24 June 2025 landslide at Houzihé Grand Bridge in Guizhou, China

by Dave Petley 25 June 202525 June 2025

A significant landslide has destroyed a major bridge on the Xiarong Expressway in Guizhou, China. On 24 June 2025, intense rainfall triggered a significant landslide at the site of the Houzihé Grand Bridge, which is a part of the Xiarong Expressway (a key road that is also known as Xiamen–Chengdu Expressway (route G76). The landslide […]

The aftermath of the 3 August 2025 debris flow in the Ridi valley.
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The 3 August 2024 debris flow in the Ridi valley, Kangding, Sichuan Province, China

by Dave Petley 23 June 202523 June 2025

27 people were killed by a massive channelised debris flow in China last year. On 3 August 2024, a large debris flow occurred in the Ridi valley, Kangding, Sichuan Province, China. This event is described in a paper (Cheng et al. 2025) just published in the journal Landslides. Whilst the paper itself is behind a […]

The 15 June 2025 landslide at Zhonghe village in western Guangdong province, China
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The 15 June 2025 landslide at Zhonghe in western Guangdong province, China

by Dave Petley 19 June 202519 June 2025

A community in China had a narrow escape when a landslide, triggered by Typhoon Wutip, occurred on the slopes above the village. Fortunately, the population had been evacuated when a local woman noted signs that a failure might be imminent. At about 4 am on 15 June 2025, rainfall associated with the remnants of Typhoon […]

The uplifted toe of the May 2025 Yukon River landslide.
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Images of the May 2025 Yukon River landslide

by Dave Petley 18 June 202518 June 2025

Derek Cronmiller of the Yukon Geological Survey has provided a stunning set of the images of the fascinating recent failure that partially blocked the Yukon River. Following my post yesterday about the May 2025 landslide on the Yukon River, Derek Cronmiller, who is head of Surficial Geology at the Yukon Geological Survey kindly made contact […]

The May 2025 landslide on the Burma River in Yukon.
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A large landslide on the Yukon River in Canada

by Dave Petley 17 June 202517 June 2025

In May 2025, a 950 m wide landslide occurred on the banks of the Yukon River in Canada. A few days ago, the Yukon Geological Survey posted some information to its Facebook site regarding a large landslide that has occurred on the banks of the Yukon River close to Burma Road. This was the information […]

Satellite image of the aftermath of the August 2023 landslides to the south of Ho Bon commune in Vietnam.
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Multiple rainfall-triggered landslides in Ho Bon commune Vietnam in August 2023

by Dave Petley 16 June 202516 June 2025

Between 4 and 6 August 2023, intense rainfall triggered at least 346 landslides in the area around Ho Bon commune in Mu Cang Chai district, Yen Bai province in Vietnam I have written frequently on this blog about clusters of rainfall-induced landslides. Another really interesting example has been highlighted in a paper (Toan et al. […]

Image reportedly showing the failure of a mine waste storage facility at the Tawau gold mine in Bukit Mantri, Malaysia.
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Bukit Mantri: a mine waste facility failure in Malaysia

by Dave Petley 12 June 202512 June 2025

On 17 May 2025, a failure occurred in a mine waste facility at the Tawau gold mine in Malaysia. Images suggest that this might have been an overtopping event in a contaminated water storage pond. On 17 May 2025, there was a failure of a mine waste storage facility at Bukit Mantri in Malaysia. The […]

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