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11 July 2022
Naina in Khaptad, Nepal: the terrible impacts of low quality road construction
Naina in Khaptad, Nepal: the terrible impacts of low quality, poorly-engineered roads in high mountain areas
8 July 2022
Shifting the blame for the deadly landslide at Tupul in India
The Tupul landslide occurred at the site of a major construction project involving slope excavation, but officials are blaming poor farming methods for the failure
5 July 2022
The Tupul landslide: understanding the site
The Tupul landslide: archive Google Earth images provide interesting clues as to the causes of the tragedy that killed at least 47 people.
4 July 2022
Tupul: a landslide disaster in Manipur, India
On 30 June 2022 a very large landslide occurred at Tupul in Noney district of Manipur in Northern India, killing at least 42 people.
16 May 2022
Assam: damaging landslides at the start of the monsoon
Damaging landslides have occurred as a result of heavy rainfall in Assam state in the northeast of India over the weekend.
8 March 2022
Raini: the forgotten victims of the Chamoli disaster
A year on from the Chamoli disaster in India, the population of the village of Raini continue to face severe impacts from landslides initiated by the debris flow
20 January 2022
A large rock slab topple from India
CCTV footage has been posted online of an unusual and interesting large rock slab topple from Jammu and Kashmir in India
19 November 2021
The 29 October 2021 Kameng River rock and ice avalanche in India
Images from Planet indicate that the 29 October 2021 Kameng Valley event was a probably a rock and ice avalanche that originated on a steep slope high in the mountains.
18 November 2021
Landslides and the road network in Uttarakhand, India
An Indian government official claimed yesterday that the Char Dham highway project in India is not responsible for causing landslides. This is demonstrably incorrect.
1 November 2021
A large landslide or glacial lake outburst in the headwaters of the Kameng River in Northern India?
The Discovering Arunachal blog reports that the Kameng River in N. India suffered a major sediment event on 29 October. The cause is unclear, but Planet Labs images confirm that a major erosion and deposition event occurred.
25 October 2021
A rockslide video from Pyuthan in Nepal
Heavy rainfall in Nepal has triggered a large rockslide, captured on video, in Pyuthan, Nepal. The video shows a rapid, wedge-type of failure.
20 October 2021
A very late sting in the tail of the South Asian monsoon
Very unusual late monsoon rainfall has had devastating impacts on South Asia in the last few days, with many deaths from landslides and floods in both India and Nepal. Parts of Nepal recorded over 500 mm of rainfall in 48 hours.
4 October 2021
The seismic signals of the Chamoli landslide and debris flow
An interesting paper has just been published in the journal Science, (Cook et al. 2021), which looks at the seismic signals generated by the Chamoli rockslide and debris flow. It concludes that the event was fully detectable by seismic instruments located at up to 100 km from the event.
7 September 2021
Jeori: a large highway landslide in Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh
A large landslide occurred on National Highway 5 in at Jeori in Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh on 6 September 2021. This event was captured in at least four different videos.
13 August 2021
Nalda: a valley-blocking landslide in Himachal Pradesh, India
Nalda: a valley-blocking landslide in Himachal Pradesh, India This morning (Friday 13 August 2021) a major landslide occurred near to the village of Nalda, in Lahaul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh, northern India, blocking the Chenab River. The landslide event itself was captured in a video that has been posted to Youtube: [embed_video width=”800″ height=”600″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sicEFDJ9-2I[/embed_video] . The landslide has left a large barrier across the Chenab River close to …
5 August 2021
Understanding the recent monsoon landslides in Maharashtra, India
Understanding the recent monsoon landslides in Maharashtra, India, which killed at least 100 people in July 2021.
2 August 2021
Melamchi – satellite images and helicopter videos start to explain the catastrophic floods in Nepal
Melamchi – satellite images and helicopter videos start to explain the catastrophic floods in Nepal in June 2021
30 July 2021
Tapovan Vishnugad – another landslide at the hydroelectric scheme in northern India
Tapovan Vishnugad – another landslide at the hydroelectric scheme that was devastated by the Cahmoli debris flow in northern India
27 July 2021
The disastrous Taliye village landslide in Maharashtra, India
The disastrous 22 July 2021 Taliye village landslide in Maharashtra, India, which is believed to have killed 84 people.
26 July 2021
The rockslide at Batseri in India
There are several videos of the rockslide that destroyed the bridge at Batseri in Himachal Pradesh in India yesterday
