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Satellite image of the channelised debris flow that caused the 29 April 2024 Mai Mahiu disaster in Kenya. Image copyright Planet Labs, acquired on 12 May 2024, used with permission.
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2024 fatal landslides at the half way point – an update as of 30 June

by Dave Petley 3 July 20243 July 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 the weekend we reached the half way point through the calendar year, so it is timely to provide an update on the number of fatal landslides, following my note of a […]

The site of the 28 June 1974 Quebrada Blanca landslide disaster in Colombia, as it is today.
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The 28 June 1974 Quebrada Blanca landslide disaster in Colombia

by Dave Petley 2 July 20242 July 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Last week marked the 50th anniversary of the 28 June 1974 Quebrada Blanca landslide disaster in Colombia, in which up to 500 people were killed. There is a good video, in Spanish, […]

Google Earth image of the El Kherba landslide in Algeria after reactivation.
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The El Kherba landslide in Algeria, reactivated by the 7 August 2020 Mila earthquake

by Dave Petley 1 July 20241 July 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. There is an interesting article (Bourenane and Mezouar 2024) in the Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment about the El Kherba landslide in Algeria, which was reactivated by the 7 August […]

The 24 June 2024 landslide at Eagle Mine in Canada.
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More information about the 24 June 2024 heap leach landslide at Eagle Mine in Canada

by Dave Petley 27 June 202427 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. Information is emerging about the 24 June 2024 landslide at Eagle Mine in Yukon, Canada. Northern Miner has a video taken from an aircraft flying over the site that is worth a […]

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 […]

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