Xinhua and other agencies have released images of the Shawa mudslide, Yunnan Province, which killed 17 people. It appears to be another mining-related slide.

A mudslide in Shawa Village in Fugong County, Yunnan Province in China may mark the beginning of the unusually late landslide season across Asia

A recipe for how to create perfect landslides every time

Heavy rainfall is continuing to trigger landslides across large parts of Sichuan Province in China, and more heavy rainfall is forecast for the next 2 days

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

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

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

The newly formed Himalayan Landslide Society is organising a meeting on the mitigation of geo-disasters in Asia in October this year

Landslides are a major problem along roads in high mountain areas. This is illustrated using an example from rural Nepal, in which the construction of a rural road has induced multiple landslides, threatening the local communities.

A review of a paper examining the linkages between high levels of landslides in 2010 and large scale rainfall patterns