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21 August 2015
Manikaran Sahib Gurdwara: a highly unusual landslide (with a highly unusual video)
On 18th August a boulder smashed into the Manikaran Sahib Gurdwara in Himachal Pradesh, India, killing 7 people. There is amazing CCTV footage of the event.
14 August 2015
Mangdechu in Bhutan – another significant landslide at a hydroelectric power plant site
Today the Mangdechu Hydroelectric power in Bhutan was hit by a major landslide, killing 5 workers. This is the latest in a string of fatal landslides at HEP sites in Asia.
13 August 2015
Shanyang landslide: a very complex slide
A new image has emerged of the Shanyang landslide in China, which appears to have been a complex dipslope failure triggered by mining. 65 people are missing.
12 August 2015
Shanyang County, Shaanxi: another mining-related landslide disaster in China
Early on Wednesday morning a major landslide at a vanadium mine in Shanyang County in Shaanxi Province China killed about 60 people. This is the latest in a long catalogue of mining-related landslides in China. Such disasters should be avoidable with proper slope management.
3 August 2015
The Fukaminato River landslide in Japan
Even better footage has now emerged of the Fukaminato River landslide in Japan, which appears to be occurring at the site of an old quarry
31 July 2015
Nepal landslides: over 30 killed yesterday in Kaski and Myagdi
Heavy rainfall triggered landslides on Wednesday night in Central Nepal, killing at least 35 people. Worst affected were Kaski and Myagdi districts
23 July 2015
Ambunti, Papua New Guinea: an interesting riverbank landslide
On Saturday a landslide developed on a riverbank in Ambunti, Papua New Guinea, displacing 16 families. Reports that this is a sinkhole are probably incorrect
22 July 2015
Chamoli: a large and spectacular failure caught on video
News24 has posted a video of a large and dramatic landslide that occurred in Chamoli, Uttarakhand this week. The post also includes a round up of landslide events elsewhere in South and Central Asia this week.
21 July 2015
Semirara: an interesting coal mine landslide video
Last week a landslide in a coal mine on the island of Semirara killed nine miners. News reports include an interesting video of an earlier slide in the same coal mine
20 July 2015
Kalimpong: Save the Hills has documented the fatal landslides of 30th June / 1st July 2015
The Save the Hills blog has documented the landslides that occurred in the Kalimpong area of Darjeeling, N India on 3th June / 1st July 2015
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.
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