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31 January 2010
Latest news from the Attabad landslide in Pakistan
The latest news from the site of the Attabad landslide in Hunza, Pakistan, as relayed by the Pamir Times, is somewhat mixed. There is now a very helpful video of the landslide site on Youtube, which gives a proper view of the slide and its deposit from the scarp area: The scarp area appears to be highly fractured and unstable. Meanwhile, this report states that the lake continues to rise …
25 January 2010
Continuing concerns about the landslide dam at Attabad in Hunza, Pakistan
The Pamir Times continues to provide excellent coverage of the state of the landslide dam at Attabad in Hunza, N. Pakistan (see earlier posts here, here, here and here). First, they have posted another remarkable image of the landslide in action: Second they have provided various reports on the state of the efforts to mitigate the rising water level and to reopen the highway. It is clear that the road …
11 January 2010
Update on the Attabad landslide
Image from Pamir Times. The Pakistan Red Crescent have published the latest update on the state of the Attabad landslide in northern Pakistan. The key information is that the water level in the barrier lake is rising at 0.4 feet (about 12 cm) per hour (NB note correction). The level is reportedly 44 feet (13.4 metres) from the crest of the dam. The lake is about to inundate the settlement …
7 August 2009
Update – emergency evacuations below the Dadu River landslide in China
The Chinese language website www.scol.com.cn has some images of the area upstream of the landslide dam at Dadu here. This also links to what appears to be a Chinese language bulletin board here in which people are posting images of the situation. If this is as it seems then this area has serious problems. although reports do seem to indicate that the river is not completely blocked. For example, this …
26 March 2009
Tangjiashan – images of a potential disaster that was averted
This is the second of my series of photographic reviews of the earthquake affected area in Sichuan Province. The other sets are as follows:Part 1: Beichuan town Part 2 (this part): The Tangjiashan landslide Part 3: Hanwang town Part 4: The Mianyuanhe area Part 5: The Xingyiu area On Sunday I was lucky enough to be allowed to visit the landslide site at Tangjiashan, thanks again to my friends from …
Dave Petley is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His blog provides commentary and analysis of landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
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