26 September 2011
Photo album from the Himalayan earthquake
Posted by Dave Petley
Thanks to Ray Duray for the heads up on this one. The Sacramento Bee has a photo blog with remarkable images of the destruction in Sikkim resulting from the earthquake. Many of these show the landslides, such as this one:
Meanwhile, the death toll is now reported to be about 120 people, but bodies continue to be recovered from beneath the landslides. Post-seismic landslides appear to be causing some problems.
Dave Petley is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His blog provides commentary and analysis of landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
One picture worth thousend words – frightening!!!
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