10 November 2009
Reported landslide accident in SW India
Posted by Dave Petley
AP is reporting that a landslide in S India has killed 39 people. The landslide occurred in the Ooty and Coonoor region of Tamil Nadu states, hitting 300 mud huts. The report quotes a “state flood control official” as saying that 14 bodies were recovered on Monday and a further 25 today.
Tamil Nadu is in the very south of India. The TRMM landslide warning system has this region as being likely or very likely to suffer landslides:
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.