The Kavalappara landslide in the western Ghats of India
21 August 2019 01:54 in landslide report by Dave Petley
At 7:30 pm on 8th August 2019 the large Kavalappara landslide in Wayanad District in India buried a small community, killing 59 people.
21 August 2019 01:54 in landslide report by Dave Petley
At 7:30 pm on 8th August 2019 the large Kavalappara landslide in Wayanad District in India buried a small community, killing 59 people.
20 June 2014 07:04 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Monsoon 2014 in South Asia is late this year, but the 16 landslide deaths overnight in Nepal suggest that it is now having an impact.
26 September 2010 01:49 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
First, an apology in advance. I am just en route to Chengdu in China, where I will stay until Saturday. Whilst this provides an opportunity to return to Beichuan, which will be very interesting in the context of the rainfall-induced landslides this summer, it presents some other challenges. The most serious of these is that Blogger is blocked by the Great Firewall of China, so I will not be able …
26 September 2010 01:49 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
First, an apology in advance. I am just en route to Chengdu in China, where I will stay until Saturday. Whilst this provides an opportunity to return to Beichuan, which will be very interesting in the context of the rainfall-induced landslides this summer, it presents some other challenges. The most serious of these is that Blogger is blocked by the Great Firewall of China, so I will not be able …
3 March 2010 14:07 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
I apologise for the lack of posts of late. I am currently in Pakistan to visit the Attabad landslide, courtesy of FOCUS Pakistan. I will post on that soon, and of course there has been a great deal happening in the landslide world whilst I have been in the field. Anyway, this is the latest in my series on landslides in art. The previous parts can be found here:Part 1Part …
4 January 2010 18:00 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Updated with Google Earth image and further detailsUpdated 5th January at 08:27 UT with new fatality count. The media in Pakistan is reporting that at least 10 people (NB see update below) have been killed in a landslide at Attabad village (sometimes written as Atabad) in northern Pakistan. This report from Dawn.com is a good example: “At least 10 people have been killed and several injured due to a landslide …
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