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A part of the campus at Nottingham Trent University.
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Nottingham Trent University and the University of Hull

by Dave Petley 11 June 202511 June 2025

Later this year I’ll leave the University of Hull to take up the role of Vice-Chancellor and President at Nottingham Trent University. Nottingham Trent University has about 40,000 students and staff spanning five university sites. It is the fifth largest university in terms of enrolled students in the UK. In recent years it has enjoyed […]

Satellite image showing the channelised debris flow at Craigtown in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
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Landslides triggered by Hurricane Helene in September 2024

by Dave Petley 11 June 202511 June 2025

The USGS has published a preliminary report on landslides triggered across western North Carolina, northern South Carolina, eastern Tennessee, and parts of southern Virginia by Hurricane Helene in September 2024. Over 2,000 failures were triggered by up to c.700 mm of rainfall in a 72 hour period. Between 26 and 28 September 2024, the remnants […]

The impact of the debris flows on the road at Val de Bagnes in Switzerland.
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Another landslide crisis in Switzerland – debris flows in the Val de Bagnes

by Dave Petley 10 June 202510 June 2025

30 people have been evacuated in Les Epenays and Fregnoley in the Val de Bagnes in Valais due to the threat of debris flows . As the dust settles on the landslide crisis at Blatten, Swissinfo has published a very nice article highlighting the growing landslide risk in Switzerland. For example, in the canton of […]

The aftermath of the 8 February 2025 Junlian rock avalanche in Sichuan, China.
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An initial analysis of the 8 February 2025 Junlian rock avalanche, China

by Dave Petley 9 June 20259 June 2025

A new paper in the journal Landslides has presented a review of a large landslide that killed 29 people in Sichuan Province. On 8 February 2025, a large rock avalanche occurred in Junlian County in Sichuan Province, China. I wrote about this event, now known as the Junlian rock avalanche, at the time. With remarkable […]

The landslide on the Lakina River in Alaska. Photograph posted to Facebook by John Matthews.
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A landslide on the Lakina River in Alaska

by Dave Petley 5 June 20255 June 2025

A recent Facebook post has highlighted a reasonably large slump landslide in a remote area of Alaska. Satellite images suggest that this occurred in late October or early November 2024. Loyal reader Andrew McNown kindly highlighted a recent Facebook post that provided some images of a landslide that has partially blocked the Lakina River in […]

The full extent of the 1 June 2025 rockslide at Muta in Tibet.
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The 1 June 2025 landslide at Muta township in Tibet

by Dave Petley 4 June 20254 June 2025

A 200,000 cubic metre rockslide in a remote area of Tibet on Sunday has left ten people dead or missing. On 1 June 2025 a large rockslide occurred in Muta township in Chamdo (Qamdo) metropolitan area in Tibet. Note that Chinese media sources call this area Xizang Autonomous Region, but it is what most of […]

The 1 June 2025 landslides at Chaten in Sikkim, India.
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The 1 June 2025 landslides at Chaten in Sikkim, India

by Dave Petley 3 June 20253 June 2025

Nine people have been killed in a series of landslides, triggered by heavy rainfall, that have struck an army camp. At about 7 pm local time on 1st June 2025, a series of landslides struck an army camp at Chaten in the Lachen District of Sikkim in India. It is believed that nine people have […]

Drone footage of the site of the 30 May 2025 landslide at Gunung Kuda mine.
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The 30 May 2025 landslide at Gunung Kuda in Cipanas Village, West Java, Indonesia

by Dave Petley 2 June 20252 June 2025

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 30 May 2025, a rock slope major failure occurred at a quarry at Gunung Kuda, which is located on the edge of Cipanas Village in Dukupuntang District, Cirebon Regency, West Java, […]

The current situation on the Birch Glacier at Blatten, showing the heavy fracturing in the ice of the Birch Glacier.
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The 28 May 2025 catastrophic failure of the Birch Glacier and the partial burial of Blatten

by Dave Petley 29 May 202529 May 2025

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Over the course of the last few days, I have been blogging about the evolving situation on the slopes above Blatten in Switzerland. I documented that attention slowly transitioned from worries about […]

The current situation on the Birch Glacier at Blatten.
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The 28 May 2025 update on the landslide threatening Blatten in Switzerland

by Dave Petley 28 May 202528 May 2025

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Over the last 24 hours there have been further developments in the situation on the slopes above Blatten in Switzerland, with attention continuing to focus primarily on the Birch Glacier. Yesterday evening […]

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