14 August 2015 16:31 in landslide report by Dave Petley
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.
Tags: Bhutan, dam, featured, hydroelectric, hydroelectric power, India, landslide report, South Asia
31 October 2014 08:29 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The Mannen rockslide in Norway continues to actively deform but has not, as yet, failed. There continues to be a great deal of interest in Norway in this event, putting the monitoring team under great pressure
Tags: failure prediction, featured, landslide report, Norway, rockslide
24 August 2014 22:23 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The level of the lake behind the Sunkoshi landslide dam shows no signs of reducing, despite extensive efforts by the army to widen the channels
Tags: featured, landslide dam, landslide report, nepal, South Asia, sunkoshi
6 August 2014 08:01 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The government mapping agency in China has released satellite images of landslides triggered by the Yunnan earthquake earlier this week
Tags: china, earthquake, featured, landslide report, valley blocking landslide, yunnan
28 April 2014 08:47 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On Friday a landslide at the Upper Madi HEP project site in Nepal trapped workers in a tunnel. Most were rescued but three lost their lives. Undortunately this is just the latest in a series of landslides associated with hydroelectric schemes in the Himalayas.
Tags: featured, Himalayas, hydroelectric power, nepal, rockfall
18 March 2014 07:59 in Conference by Dave Petley
In November 2014 JTC-1 will organise a workshop in Seoul, Korea on physical processes and mechanisms of precipitation-induced landslides. Abstracts are due at the end of the month.
Tags: comference, featured, JTC-1, Korea, workshop
30 September 2013 07:07 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Next week marks the 50th anniversary of the Vajont disaster. This post contains a number of key links to usefuol web resources about the landslide
11 June 2013 07:21 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
The newly formed Himalayan Landslide Society is organising a meeting on the mitigation of geo-disasters in Asia in October this year
Tags: Bhutan, conference, featured, Himalayas, India, nepal, pakistan
26 May 2013 02:07 in Landslide processes by Dave Petley
Many large dams will be constructed in and around the Himalayas in the next few years. This post examines the associated landslide threat
Tags: china, dam, featured, Himalayas, landslide report
12 May 2013 00:06 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
Five years ago today the Wenchuan earthquake struck in China. This post reports on a new paper that reflects on what we have learnt from this event
Tags: china, conference, earthquake, featured, sichuan, Wenchuan
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