25 July 2019 22:22 in Planet Labs by Dave Petley
Planet Labs satellite images suggest that the road across the Pingdi landslide in China, which killed about 45 people this week, was widened with cut slopes in the months before the failure
Tags: china, East Asia, featured, Google Earth, Planet Labs, satellite
24 July 2019 20:52 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A large landslide occurred in Shuicheng County, in Liupanshui City, Guizhou Province in China on Tuesday 22nd July 2019, killing up to 45 people
Tags: china, East Asia, featured, landslide report, monsoon
3 July 2019 07:14 in landslide report by Dave Petley
In Aizawl, Mizoram in India, three apartment blocks partially collapsed yesterday after being struck by a substantial landslide. Three people were killed.
Tags: apartment, featured, India, lanslide report, South Asia
11 June 2019 06:10 in landslide video by Dave Petley
Three new landslide videos have been posted to Youtube, showing dramatic failures from Pakistan, India and China in recent days
Tags: china, featured, India, landslide videos, pakistan, videeo
18 April 2019 08:10 in landslide video by Dave Petley
A new video posted to Youtube shows a debris flow cascading over a cliff above a mountain road, with a trapped 4×4. The location and timing are unclear.
Tags: debris flow, featured, landslide video, video
16 April 2019 06:10 in landslide images by Dave Petley
Planet Labs have successfully acquired a high resolution SkySat image of the Hindalco Tailings failure in Muri, India, which occurred last week
Tags: featured, India, mine, mining, South Asia, tailings
19 September 2018 07:26 in Planet Labs by Dave Petley
Kodagu landslides: in August 2018, very heavy rainfall triggered many landslides in SW India. Planet Labs imagery shows the extensive damage that resulted
Tags: featured, India, landslide report, monsoon, Planet Labs, satellite image, South Asia
24 August 2018 06:17 in Database, landslide costs, Melanie by Dave Petley
Melanie Froude and I have just published in NHESS a new analysis of global fatal landslide occurrence from 2004 to 2016 inclusive. It shows that losses from landslides caused by humans are increasing with time
Tags: costs, database, fatalities, featured, losses
13 July 2018 05:49 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
The 1 million displaced Rohingya people, now living in refugee camps in Bangladesh having fled from Myanmar, are facing extreme levels of landslide hazard as the monsoon develops. We need your help to try design an effective early warning system.
Tags: Bangladesh, early warning, featured, help, refugee, rohingya, South Asia
3 July 2018 06:05 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
On 30th June a rockfall caused a freak fatal accident in Shimian County in Sichuan Province, China. The boulder penetrated and became wedged in the cab of a coach carrying 38 people, killing the driver.
Tags: china, coach, East Asia, featured, highway, road, rockfall
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