10 July 2016
Nagasaki, Uttarakhand and Pakistan: three new landslide videos
Posted by Dave Petley
House collapse in Nagasaki, Japan via Youtube
A small number of new landslide videos have emerged on Youtube in the last few weeks:
A debris flow in Pakistan
This very cool debris flow video was published on 17th June. No details are provided:
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A road slope failure in Uttarakhand, India
This collapse event apparently happened at Nainital in Uttarakhand in India. It was posted on 5th July 2016:
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A house collapse as a result of undercutting in Nagasaki, Japan
This one happened in Japan earlier this month. It appears that a retaining wall below the building has failed, undermining the foundations:
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.