20 June 2023 07:02 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
On 30 June 2022 a landslide at Tupul, in Manipur, India, killed 61 people. A new paper (Baruah et al. 2023) provides an initial analysis, concluding that the failure was caused by poor construction and triggered by heavy rainfall.
Tags: construction, featured, India, railway, review of a paper, South Asia
4 July 2022 06:49 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On 30 June 2022 a very large landslide occurred at Tupul in Noney district of Manipur in Northern India, killing at least 42 people.
Tags: cut slope, featured.landslide report, India, railway, South Asia
8 July 2022 06:45 in Landslide processes by Dave Petley
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
Tags: excavation, farming, featured, India, landslide report, railway, South Asia
5 July 2022 07:08 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The Tupul landslide: archive Google Earth images provide interesting clues as to the causes of the tragedy that killed at least 47 people.
Tags: construction, engineering geomorphology, featured, India, mapping, monsoon, railway, South Asia
26 October 2020 08:37 in Photo gallery by Dave Petley
Recent examples, from India and Vietnam, of the ways in which landslides can affect roads, causing extensive disruption
Tags: featured, highway, India, road, Vietnam
20 October 2012 07:54 in landslide video by Dave Petley
A riverbank collapse landslide video from NE India
Tags: collapse, India, landslide video, riverbank, South Asia
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