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29 October 2015

The amazing Tonzang landslides in Burma – NASA images

NASA EO-1 images have revealed the extent of the amazing Tonzang landslides in Burma, which occurred earlier this year. The largest landslide is 5.9 km long

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27 September 2015

Tonzang landslide: a new giant landslide in Chin Division, Burma (Myanmar)

In late July exceptional rainfall appears to have triggered a large number of landslides in Chin Division, Burma (Myanmar), including the giant Tonzang landslide

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3 June 2015

Pharkant, Burma: a liquefaction landslide in mine tailings (with a stunning video)

Two videos have appeared on Youtube showing an amazing liquefaction landslide in mine wastes in Pharkant, Burma in April

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9 March 2015

Hpakant – another serious Jade Mine landslide in Burma

On Friday another major mining related landslide occurred at a jade mine near Hpakant in Burma, killing between 50 and 100 miners

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11 November 2012

First news of the Burma earthquake and an update on landslides from the Guatemala earthquake

First news of the Burma earthquake and an update on the one in Guatemala

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24 October 2011

Update on the Burma flood and riverbank collapse disaster

A brief review of the flash flood and riverbank collapse disaster in Myanmar, which has killed over 200 people

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13 July 2009

Disastrous mining related landslide in Burma / Myanmar

A few days ago on 3rd July a major landslide occurred in northern Burma (Myanmar) that appears to have affected a huge number of people. The excellent ReliefWeb site is carrying reports of the UN OCHA response to the disaster. The OCHA report states that: “On the 4th of July 2009, a landslide caused by heavy rains swept away a jade miners’ settlement along the Uru River in Hpakant Township …

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8 November 2008

Recent landslide updates

A few updates on landslide events over the last few days:1. Highway 97: various newspapers now report that the teams trying to stop the movement of the slope are making headway. The rate of movement has now slowed to about 8 mm per day (half of the rates measured early in the crisis). The drilling and blasting crews have now moved 5,000 cubic metres per day from the crown to …

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