A photograph of the aftermath of Typhoon Bopha / Pablo at Barangay Andap in the Philippines. This is entirely avoidable.

First news reports are appearing about the impact of typhoon Bopha (Pablo). Over 40 soldiers were killed in a debris flow

A remarkable new video of a series of mudflows in Virgen, Austria

A nice video of a debris flow in action in India

Two excellent new videos of debris flows that occurred in France in June 2012

A request for help to create a global debris flow database

Two new landslide videos, including an amazing pulsing debris flow

A new video showing a debris flow in northern Italy earlier this month.

NB the text below has been updated to reflect some very helpful comments from Susan Cannon.  Genuine thanks to her for her help. The AGU Fall meeting continues like an unstoppable rhino, with a dizzying amount of sessions and a rapidly developing sense that my brain has become full.  However, I will highlight here just two talks yesterday from the public communication of natural hazards session, both about the potential …

A frequently-forgotten but potentially very damaging impact of large earthquakes in mountain areas is the increased occurrence of debris flows and other landslides in the following years.  Whilst these events continue to represent a hazard in their own right, they frequently also cause changes to river dynamics, with resultant high levels of damage.  This problem was illustrated all too clearly in a small village that we visited close to Beichuan …