10 March 2021 08:37 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
A new open access paper in the journal Progress in Disaster Science (Rosser et al. 2021) demonstrates that the number of landslides in W. and C. Nepal has increased since the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake.
Tags: earthquake, featured, monsoon, nepal, paper, research, South Asia
19 February 2021 08:56 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
New research (Muñoz-Torrero Manchado et al. 2021), published in Landslides, investigates trends in landslides and landslide losses in W. Nepal over three decades. It highlights the key role of human factors in determining patterns of loss
Tags: featured, monsoon, nepal, paper, research, South Asia
7 October 2020 07:07 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A large, mobile landslide occurred in the Eyjafordur (Eyjafirði) area of northern Iceland yesterday, fortunately causing little damage.
Tags: Europe, featured, Iceland, landslide report
1 October 2020 07:58 in landslide video by Dave Petley
An interesting video showing large-scale liquefaction in a landslide, reportedly in Shillong, northern India.
Tags: featured, India, landslide video, liquesfaction, monsoon, South Asia
14 August 2020 07:16 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The Pettimudi landslide in Kerala, India on 6 August 2020 was a c.2 km long channelised flow. It now appears that 66 people were killed.
Tags: debris flow, featured, India, Kerala, landslide report, South Asia
10 August 2020 07:16 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On Saturday 8 August 2020 a large landslide occurred at Rajmala near to Munnar, Kerala in western India, killing an estimated 71 people
Tags: featured, India, Kerala, landslide report, South Korea
5 August 2020 08:44 in landslide report by Dave Petley
In the last few days South Korea has been hit by very heavy rainfall, triggering landslides that have had a substantial impact
Tags: East Asia, featured, landslide report, South Korea
3 August 2020 06:43 in landslide report by Dave Petley
In the high, remote mountains of Tibet a debris flow, possibly induced by recent seismic activity, has created a valley-blocking landslide dam
Tags: earthquake, featured, satellite image, Sentinel, South Asia, tibet, valley blocking landslide
28 July 2020 07:16 in Database by Dave Petley
In the summer of 2019 the National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC), launched a new disaster management portal (bipad.gov.np) to provide high quality spatial data. This allows landslide accidents in Nepal to be mapped in near real time.
Tags: data, database, mapping landslides, nepal, South Asia
27 July 2020 07:21 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A large, ongoing valley-blocking landslide has developed at Liujing Village in Chongqing, China, triggered by unusually intense monsoon rainfall
Tags: china, East Asia, featured, landslide dam, valley blocking landslide
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