The Rapid Mass Movement Simulation (RAMMS), requires input data such as DEM, the Voellmy-fluid friction coefficients, flow direction, and release information. To evaluate the uncertainties in RAMMS ...

Geological hazards, especially landslides and mudslides, are frequent in Caoke County, Sichuan Province, China. In September 2022, the mechanical parameters of the soil were obtained through a basic ...

A brown mass—a mixture of water, boulders and fine matter—plows through the landscape. The mountains wash more than a thousand lorryloads of material into the valley on a fairly regular basis, causing ...

After a wildfire, the danger continues, especially during torrential rain that can set off fast-moving landslides known as debris flows. By Amy Graff Amy Graff is a San Francisco-based reporter on The ...

The landslide that occurred in Blatten in the canton of Valais at the end of May 2025 and the one in the village of Brienz in Graubünden in June 2023 remind us of the potential for landslide hazards ...

Plenty of water, fine-rich sediments and a steep slope – that's all it takes to create a hazardous debris flow. A team from the SLF studied ten different debris-flow channels in Switzerland to gain a ...