'Cracking' at site of historic landslide near Fort St. John triggers evacuation order | CBC News The Ministry of Transportation says it closed Old Fort Road, south of Fort St. John, Sunday night after "cracking" appeared at the site of two historic landslides.

Old Fort Landslide is moving again. Evacuation order in place. Likely lose the road again.
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Before and after satellite imagery of the landslide this morning at Nizhny Ubekimakhi in Russia. Note the impounded lake on the east side of the landslide block, which is about 1 km wide. @planet.com @davepetley.bsky.social @glacierhazard.bsky.social

Adam and I at Ewood Park

Party time with Frank Lampard.

Ewood Park

Post match party time

Well, that was quite a night. Premier League next stop. #pusb

A sky blue sky outside Ewood Park.

Outside the ground. Atmosphere building. I'm feeling so nervous!
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The landslide at Lamarain in Papua New Guinea. Still from a video posted to Facebook by NBC East New Britain: https://www.facebook.com/ncbeastnewbritain/?locale=en_GB

The 9 April 2026 landslide at Lamarain in Papua New Guinea: ten people were killed in a large failure triggered by heavy rainfall associated with Tropical Cyclone Maila.
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Two years ago (14 April 2024, 06:56), a large rock avalanche detached from 3640 m asl on Piz Scerscen (Bernina, GR) and fell on Tschierva Gl and its forefield, almost reaching the LIA maximum position! 🧊❄️🌊

Volume of debris
5.5 M m³
Total volume
7.8 M m³
Runout distance
5,770 m

📷 M. Pasini

The number of outputs using the keyword "landslide" in the period 1994 to 2025 inclusive, via Scopus.

Since 1994 there has been a 32 times increase in the number of research outputs with the keyword "landslide". This represents a diversification of the discipline areas with an interest in landslides, and in the geography of the researchers themselves.
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The Great Landslide of 1664 of Runswick Bay on The day Village That Slipped into the Sea by "Jotter". The painting is held by the Kirkleatham Museum.

Landslides in Art Part 36:  The Great Landslide of 1664 of Runswick Bay on The day Village That Slipped into the Sea by "Jotter"
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The relationship between the land-cover change rate and the density of fatal landslides for mountain areas around the world. Figure from Fidan et al. (2026), published under a Creative Commons Licence.

A new paper Fidan et al. (2026) demonstrates that wealth and the rate of land-cover change play a key role in determining the occurrence of fatal landslides in mountain areas. These factors are statistically more significant that precipitation and topography.
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Our paper (me, @drewbrayshaw.bsky.social and Carie-Ann Hancock) providing highlights for British Columbia from the preliminary Canadian landslide database is now available at
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A bit thanks for all the 15 contributors for their ongoing support.

The aftermath of the 19 March 2026 landslide onto Interstate 5 near to Bellingham, WA. Image from WSDOT.

On 19 March, a c.2000 cubic metre rockslide blocked the northern bound lanes of Interstate 5 near to Bellingham, WA, USA. The road will not fully reopen until later this week.
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I was at Wembley in 1987 - what a day. They were relegated in 2001. It's been a long 25 years - Adam, who's 24, has never seen them play in the Premier League. #pusb

A glass of champagne to celebrate Coventry City's impending promotion.

To the Premier League...
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The cumulative total number of fatal landslides through to March 2026, plotted with the long term mean number and the exceptional year of 2024 for comparison.

In March 2026 I recorded 61 fatal landslides causing 520 fatalities, the highest March total on record.
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Google Earth image of the site of Raknehaugen.

An Iron Age burial mound in Norway has been reinterpreted as being a memorial for a catastrophic 6th century quick clay landslide during a period of climatic instability.
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As an aside, there's an interesting difference between the UK and the USA in thart image. In the UK, the management of risk would never allow us to be under those cliffs without a helmet. Apparently not so in the US?

Nurse awarded bravery medal for life-saving actions in mudslide rescue Laura Ronson, who grew up in North Vancouver and now lives in Squamish, was one of two people who rescued an injured family whose vehicle was hit with a mudslide in the atmospheric river of November 2021.

Nurse awarded bravery medal for life-saving actions in mudslide rescue

Lots of these unpaved new roads cutting across slopes in Canadian mountains, mostly associated with forestry and mining.

A new paper (Adhikari et al. 2026) in the journal Asian Development Review shows that earthen roads in the hilly areas of Nepal generate limited economic benefits but carry a high landslide cost. This challenges a fundamental development principle in mountain areas.
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The human cost of coastal erosion and what Gov’t should do next – EFRA Committee reports - Committees - UK Parliament “Grief, anger and fear” are among words that residents of seaside communities used to tell the EFRA Committee about the looming threat of coastal erosion.

New UK government committee inquiry report into coastal erosion and landslides that “…lays bare the human cost … and calls for a review of regulation around conveyancing and support offered to those at risk, particularly around insurance and relocation.” committees.parliament.uk/committee/52...

Satellite image, draped onto the Google Earth DEM, of the aftermath of the 12 March 2026 Kursebi landslide in Georgia. Image copyright Planet Labs, used with permission, collected on 18 March 2026.

On 12 March 2026, the Kursebi landslide in Georgia rendered 45 families homeless and has caused damage over an area of 58 hectares.
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This must be the site of the deadly Rubaya landslide from early March. This area is v. cloudy and so decent satellite imagery (as in this example from @planet.com) are rare. The slide looks to have buried some buildings (no more than half dozen) in the main slide path w/ maybe more on the plateau 🧪⚒️

The aftermath of the 1 June 2025 Dingqing landslide on the Tibetan Plateau. Image copyright Planet Labs, used with permission, collected on 5 June 2025.

A new paper (Yunjian et al. 2026) in the journal Landslides discusses the 2 million cubic metre Dingqing landslide on the Tibetan Plateau, which was triggered by freeze-thaw processes. Ten people were killed.
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Deformation velocity maps from InSAR for pre- and post- failure conditions in the 9 March 2018 Cadia Mine, Australia event, where mean VLOS was calculated: (a) before the failure, (b) after the failure. From Wang et al. (2026).

Our new paper (Wang et al. 2026) in the International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation examines the monitoring of pre- and post-failure InSAR-derived deformation in surface mining complexes.
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The view from our hotel in Swansea.

Dinner at God's Kitchen.

Swansea 0 Sky Blues 3. #pusb

What a weekend in Swansea! A memorable win followed by a great night out. #pusb

Google Earth image of the Portuguese Bend Landslide Complex in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.

Heavy winter rainfall has triggered a renewed phase of movement at the Portuguese Bend Landslide Complex in Rancho Palos Verdes, causing damage to both properties and infrastructure.
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The number of fatal landslides each year since 1968 in Nepal. The grey line is a four year retrospective running mean. Author's own dataset.

Since 1968 there have been over 1,400 fatal landslides in Nepal, killing over 6,000 people. The data shows that the impacts are increasing with time.
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On 14th March, an impressive rock avalanche occurred on Cotopaxi (5,897 m asl, EC)! 🔥

A rock mass detached from the Yanasacha summit cliff and then triggered an ice avalanche onto the glacier! 🌊🧊

The deposit spans ~1000 vertical distance between 5,700 and 4,700 m asl! 😲

📷 Pablo Chiquiza

The cumulative total number of fatal landslides in January and February 2026, plotted with the long term mean number and the exceptional year of 2024 for comparison.

The number of fatal landslides in 2026 to the end of February was considerably above both the long term mean and the year with the highest total, 2024.
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Aerial image of the 8 March 2026 garbage landslide at the Bantar Gebang Integrated Waste Processing Site in Bekasi, Indonesia, showing ongoing rescue efforts. Still from a Reuters video posted to Youtube by the Financial Express: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FJ7c--dpes

The 8 March 2026 garbage landslide at the Bantar Gebang Integrated Waste Processing Site in Bekasi, Indonesia, which killed seven people.
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