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20 June 2023

The 30 June 2022 Tupul, Manipur landslide in India

On 30 June 2022 a landslide at Tupul, in Manipur, India, killed 61 people. A new paper (Baruah et al. 2023) provides an initial analysis, concluding that the failure was caused by poor construction and triggered by heavy rainfall.

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8 June 2023

Instability in ground works at the Cóndor Cliff dam in Argentina

A new paper in the journal NHESS (Tamburini-Beliveau et al. 2023) has measured ground work instability at the Cóndor Cliff dam in Argentina.

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3 May 2023

A small but interesting landslide at Park City in Utah, USA

On 30 April 2023 a landslide that occurred on a slope in Park City, Utah, USA, causing a small amount of damage to a hotel.

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24 April 2023

The 22 April 2023 landslide at Artvin in Turkey

On 22 April 2023 a large landslide occurred on an engineered slope associated with the Yusufeli Dam at Artvin in Turkey. The landslide was captured on a dramatic video.

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19 April 2023

Torkham – a large rockslide in Pakistan

On 18 April 2023 a large rockslide occurred at Torkham in Pakistan, very close to the border with Afghanistan. At least three people were killed.

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5 July 2022

The Tupul landslide: understanding the site

The Tupul landslide: archive Google Earth images provide interesting clues as to the causes of the tragedy that killed at least 47 people.

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13 December 2021

The failure of retaining walls

An interesting video discusses modes of failure of retaining walls

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4 March 2021

The Char Dham Project: landslides associated with road widening in northern India

The Char Dham Project: landslides associated with a major road construction and widening programme in northern India

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29 July 2020

The Niushou landslide in Jiangsu Province, China

A new article in the journal Landslides (Li et al. 2020) describes the Niushou landslide in Jiangsu, China, which was triggered by construction works for a hotel complex.

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6 May 2020

The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway:- India’s “killer highway”

The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, which links Jammu and Srinagar, is known as India’s “killer highway”. This road is one of the most landslide-prone routes on Earth.

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