25 October 2016 07:42 in landslide images by Dave Petley
The new satellite start-up, Planet, have collected satellite imagery of the second Aru Mountains avalanche in Tibet, allowing initial analysis of the flow
Tags: analysis, avalanche, East Asia, featured, satellite, tibet
24 October 2016 07:21 in landslide report by Dave Petley
This summer there has been an unprecedented pair of giant Tibet avalanches caused by glacial collapse in the Aru mountain range
Tags: avalanche, climate change, E Asia, featured, tibet
11 October 2016 07:17 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The Sixth Tone has published two articles evaluating the missed opportunities to prevent the Sucun landslide disaster in China, which killed 27 people last week
Tags: china, East Asia, featured, hazard, landslide report, risk
3 October 2016 07:17 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Thanks to various friends the location of the very dangerous and large Rizhao rockslide in Shandong, China last week is now clear
Tags: china, East Asia, featured, rockslide, wedge
1 August 2016 07:34 in landslide costs by Dave Petley
A comparison of 2016 landslide losses to date with those for 2015 suggest that the cost of mass movements this year is high
Tags: database, featured, landslide costs, landslide losses
16 July 2016 08:19 in landslide video by Dave Petley
A video has appeared on Youtube showing a very near miss between a landslide and a crowded bus in Ya’an City, Sichuan, China. Quick thinking by the driver avoided catastrophe
Tags: china, East Asia, featured, highway, landslide video
14 July 2016 07:42 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The Bhote Kosi valley in Nepal has suffered serious damage after the failure of a landslide dam in Tibet. This is the main route between China and Nepal.
Tags: featured, landslide dam, landslide report, nepal, South Asia, video
10 May 2016 07:17 in landslide images by Dave Petley
The location of the Chitan hydropower landslide Xinhua now reports that the number of people killed or missing in the Chitan Hydropower landslide on Sunday total 41 people, and that so far 31 bodies have been recovered. A further 13 people were injured, some critically. CCTV has put on Youtube a section of drone footage of the landslide site, showing the ongoing rescue operations: . This view suggests that the …
Tags: china, debris flow, East Asia, featured, landslide report, video
5 April 2016 16:41 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Heavy rainfall in northern Pakistan has triggered multiple landslides and rockfalls, including a major failure in Kohistan that may have killed 38 people in addition to many landslides on the Karakoram Highway
Tags: featured, landslide report, pakistan, South Asia, tunnel
8 February 2016 08:12 in mitigation by Dave Petley
The recent Taiwan earthquake and the Samarco tailings dam failure both illustrate the critical role of individual responsibility in disaster risk reduction
Tags: earthquake, East Asia, featured, responsibility, taiwan
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