The cause of the Melamchi disaster in Nepal
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
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
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.
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
7 February 2021 11:31 in landslide report, landslide video by Dave Petley
Chamoli: what do we know about the catastrophic flood that occurred in Uttarakhand in northern India this morning?
5 August 2020 08:44 in landslide report by Dave Petley
In the last few days South Korea has been hit by very heavy rainfall, triggering landslides that have had a substantial impact
27 July 2020 07:21 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A large, ongoing valley-blocking landslide has developed at Liujing Village in Chongqing, China, triggered by unusually intense monsoon rainfall
22 July 2020 08:13 in landslide report, landslide video by Dave Petley
On 20 July 2020 a 10 million cubic metre landslide occurred in the Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hubei, China, blocking the Quinjiang River.
21 July 2020 08:19 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On 18 July 2020 a landslide occurred on the Rio Coca in Ecuador, blocking the river. Both the initial failure and the breach were captured on video.
17 July 2020 08:43 in Planet Labs by Dave Petley
Satellite imagery is now available from Planet Labs of the site of the 28 June 2020 Myanmar jade mine landslide, which killed about 180 people
14 July 2020 06:56 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Over the last few days intense monsoon rainfall in Nepal has triggered a wave of landslides that have caused extensive loss of life and damage.
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