Welcome! This blog provides a commentary on landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research and conferences and meetings. The blog is written by Dave Petley, the Wilson Professor in the Department of Geography at Durham University in England.

Friday, 15 May 2009

Another Chinese tailings dam failure

The Chinese media are reporting another tailings dam failure, this time in Hunan province. Fortunately, the effects appear to be far less devastating than this event last year. The reports suggest that a manganese ore tailings dam failed in Huayuan County, Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture in Hunan Province early on Thursday morning, releasing a flowslide that hit a house, killing three people and injuring four more.

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