The Big Horn Mountains landslide in Wyoming
In the last fortnight the Big Horn Mountains landslide had developed in Wyoming, creating an enormous canyon-like tension crack
View ArticleVasquez Canyon: a new landslide in Santa Clarita, California
In the last few days an interesting landslide has developed in Vasquez Canyon in California, destroying a road
View ArticleTillamook in Oregon: crowd sourcing a landslide repair
Near to the town of Tillmook, Oregon a rainfall-triggered landslide has severely damaged a small community, who are trying to crowd fund a repair
View ArticleFlorence, Oregon: a fatal landslide triggered by intense rainfall
Early on Friday morning a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall killed a woman near to Florence in Oregon, NW USA
View ArticleThe Tyndall Glacier landslide in Alaska: the largest recorded non-volcanic...
In October 2015 the 72 million cubic metre Tyndall Glacier landslide in Alaska generated a significant tsunami that swept down the Taan Fjord.
View ArticleA major rockslide on US2 near Wenatchee
A major rockslide has blocked US2 near to Wenatchee in Washington State, USA. The landslide appears to be a wedge failure in a jointed rock mass
View ArticleNew landslide videos: Aconcagua (again), Muothatal and Pacifica
Three new landslide videos, including a debris flow from Aconcagua, an earthflow from Muothatal in Switzerland and coastal erosion in Pacifica
View ArticleElk City landslide: a very interesting video
On 18th February the Elk City landslide, a large rockslide, was captured on video by a transportation worker in Idaho, USA
View ArticleNasty dancing rocks: boulders in Glenwood Canyon
A new video from Glenwood Canyon in Colorado shows nasty dancing rocks - boulders rolling down a steep slope. The potential for damage is huge.
View ArticleChelan County: A landslide near Wenatchee triggers evacuations
Near to Wenatchee in Chelan County, Washington State a landslide has developed that is now threatening over 20 houses, ileading to evacuations.
View ArticleRockfall triggering on warm days in exfoliating landscapes
In a new paper in Nature Geoscience, Collins and Stock (2016) have shown that thermal expansion can be a key factor in rockfall triggering in Yosemite
View ArticleLandslides in Art Part 25: Richard Humphrey
This 25th edition of the Landslides in Art series features Morning at Bluff Cove by the Californian landscape artist Richard Humphrey
View ArticleThe Tyndall Glacier landslide: images from the University of Alaska Fairbanks
Chris Larsen from the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska Fairbanks has released a set of aerial images of last year's Tyndall Glacier landslide and tsunami in Taan Fjord in Alaska. This...
View ArticleNew landslide videos from the last few days, including an impressive rockfall...
Two new landslide videos have appeared on Youtube, including an impressive rockfall last weekend on Mont Granier in the French Prealps and a smaller collapse at Swimmer's Delight in California
View ArticleGranbury, Texas: a lakeside landslide that threatens an apartment block
In Granbury, Texas a landslide over the weekend is threatening an apartment block, home to 16 families. The cause of the landslide is unclear.
View ArticleCopiah County: a fatal landslide accident in a gravel quarry
On Friday a landslide occurred in Copiah County in Mississippi, killing two workers. Recovery operations are proving to be difficult.
View ArticleThe response of Californian earthflows to drought
In a paper in Geophysical Research Letters, Georgie Bennett and colleagues have examined the response of Californian earthflows to the ongoing drought. They have found that the landslide have slowed...
View ArticleLamplugh Glacier rock avalanche: A massive new landslide in Alaska on Tuesday
On Tuesday 28th June a 150 million tonne landslide, the Lamplugh Glacier rock avalanche, occurred in Alaska. This enormous landslide travelled 10 km across the ice.
View ArticleGlacier Bay Landslide in Alaska: a satellite image and new videos
A new satellite image and two new videos are available of the enormous Glacier Bay landslide in Alaska, which occurred a few weeks ago
View ArticleWhy maintaining forest roads is important – a large landslide triggered by a...
Why maintaining forest roads is important - a large landslide triggered by a small culvert failure in the Six Rivers National Forest in California
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