14 July 2023 05:54 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
A new paper in the journal Nature (Lavé et al. 2023) describes the 23 cubic km Sabche rockslide in Annapurna, Nepal, which occurred about 850 years ago.
Tags: featured, Himalayas, megalandslide, nepal, research, review of a paper, South Asia
11 July 2022 06:55 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Naina in Khaptad, Nepal: the terrible impacts of low quality, poorly-engineered roads in high mountain areas
Tags: featured, highway, low cost road, mountain road, nepal, South Asia
25 October 2021 06:35 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Heavy rainfall in Nepal has triggered a large rockslide, captured on video, in Pyuthan, Nepal. The video shows a rapid, wedge-type of failure.
Tags: featured, landslide video, nepal, rockslide, South Asia, wedge
2 August 2021 09:38 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Melamchi – satellite images and helicopter videos start to explain the catastrophic floods in Nepal in June 2021
Tags: featured, flood, landslide dam, nepal, Planet Labs, satellite image, South Asia
9 July 2021 08:27 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The start of the 2021 summer monsoon in Nepal has brought unusual levels of rainfall. So far at least 27 people have been killed in landslides
Tags: featured, landslide report, monsoon, nepal, South Asia
2 July 2021 07:18 in Planet Labs by Dave Petley
Satellite images collected by Planet Labs appear to confirm that a landslide dam was the cause of the 14 June 2021 Melamchi disaster in Nepal
Tags: featured, landslide dam, monsoon, nepal, Planet Labs, South Asia
21 June 2021 08:07 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Melamchi: a landslide dam break flood in Nepal on 14 June 2021 is reported to have killed up to 20 people and caused serious damage
Tags: featured, landslide dam, landslide report, nepal, South Asia, valley blocking landslide
10 March 2021 08:37 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
A new open access paper in the journal Progress in Disaster Science (Rosser et al. 2021) demonstrates that the number of landslides in W. and C. Nepal has increased since the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake.
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19 February 2021 08:56 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
New research (Muñoz-Torrero Manchado et al. 2021), published in Landslides, investigates trends in landslides and landslide losses in W. Nepal over three decades. It highlights the key role of human factors in determining patterns of loss
Tags: featured, monsoon, nepal, paper, research, South Asia
2 February 2021 08:33 in landslide video by Dave Petley
An air blast strikes trekkers at Kapuche Lake in Nepal following an avalanche, as caught in a video uploaded to Youtube.
Tags: air blast, avalanche, featured, nepal, South Asia
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