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Another landslide on a reservoir flank - Yesa in Spain 28 May 2013 | 08:28 am
In the last few days I have posted a couple of times about a landslide on the banks of the reservoir from the Laxiwa Dam in China. It hs been brought to my attention that there is another interesting...
Landslides and large dams - there may be trouble ahead... 26 May 2013 | 07:14 am
Yesterday I posted for the second time on the extraordinary landslide problem that has developed at the Laxiwa HEP station in China. The wider question that goes with this is the degree to which this...
How to survive a landslide 14 May 2013 | 09:08 am
Various news reports suggest that a couple in Alaska had a very lucky escape from a landslide on Sunday. The best news report that I have come across is on Alaska Public Media, which also has this im...
Landslide hazards in the aftermath of the Lushan earthquake in Sichuan 27 Apr 2013 | 01:33 pm
A number of Chinese media outlets have articles about the threats posed by landslides in the aftermath of the 20th May 2013 Lushan earthquake in Sichuan Province. It is clear from the imagery (such a...
More information on the disastrous mining-induced landslide in Tibet a fortnight ago 17 Apr 2013 | 09:38 pm
Questions continue to be asked about what I have been calling the Jiama/Gyama Mine landslide in Tibet. First, it should be noted that this is a misnomer - the event should correctly be called the Tse...
Is the Bingham Canyon copper mine landslide the most expensive single mass movement in history? 16 Apr 2013 | 08:33 pm
Further news is emerging about the landslide at Bingham Canyon copper mine last week. The transparency of all involved is impressive to behold, and is a remarkable contrast to the much more costly in...
The unusually large Bingham Canyon Mine landslide - an impressive example of prediction using monitoring 12 Apr 2013 | 10:33 am
On Wednesday evening an extremely large - and in the case this is no exaggeration - landslide occurred in the Bingham Canyon copper mine in Utah, USA. According to various news reports, the deforming...
Landslides in Portugal, including a new landslide video 5 Apr 2013 | 12:53 pm
Portugal News reports that heavy rainfall in the last few days across the country has induced landslides and floods, with the district of Santarem being worst hit. The most interesting landslide occ...
Caveat Emptor part 2 - the end game 4 Apr 2013 | 12:10 pm
Back in October I highlighted the case of a house in Torquay in Devon that was being affected by landslides. This is rather a sad story in many ways - the house was bought for a knock-down, but not i...
More information about the Brazil riverbank failure landslide 3 Apr 2013 | 03:46 pm
The Brazil riverbank landslide, which killed six people last week, is an intriguing event. In the comments from my post yesterday, Raphael Rocha kindly provided detailed information about the landsli...
