The Darjeeling landslide disaster of 1950 killed 127 people. The Save the Hills blog has a presentation with wonderful images of the landslides

Exceptional monsoon rainfall across Central China has caused very extensive damage, including many landslides, in the areas affected by the 2008 earthquake

At least 4000 people are now known to have died in the Uttarakhand landslide disaster; some estimates suggest that the toll may exceed 11,000

A combination of satellite images and eye witness reports provides a very good understanding of the events at Kedarnath on 15th-17th June

New images from the NRSC in India allow the causes of the debris flow disaster at Kedarnath to be interpreted

Better images of the landslides from the Uttarakhand disaster are now starting to appear. This post presents some examples.

NASA have made available Landsat 8 images of Kedarnath in Uttarakhand before and after the disaster, allowing an interpretation of the causes of the tragedy

Better images are now available of the Kedarnath site, allowing an initial investigation of what happened to cause the disaster

It is becoming clear that a very large landslide disaster has occurred at Kedarnath in northern India, potentially with a very high level of loss

We are currently recruiting a post-doctoral researcher to join us to work on earthquake-induced landslides in China, Nepal and Kazakhstan