10 July 2017

Spectacular landslide videos from Arunachal Pradesh in India

Posted by Dave Petley

Arunachal Pradesh

Sill from a video of a major landslide in Arunachal Pradesh in northern India, via Youtube

Spectacular landslide videos from Arunachal Pradesh in India

As we move into the main monsoon period, heavy rainfall has caused landslides across Arunchal Pradesh in northern India.  A series of dramatic videos have appeared online, of which this is the most spectacular:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8sHgNgHViI

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This is a very interesting multi-phase movement.  This one is genuinely interesting as well (and the footage shows a component of the first video too; it does get a bit repetitive though!):-

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Meanwhile an excellent debris flow has been captured on the Manali to Kaza road in Himachal Pradesh:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnOA1GEg57g

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And finally, this news report captures a landslide in action in Zhongzhai Township in Guizhou Province, SW China on Saturday morning.  The village had been evacuated in advance of the landslide:-