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19 January 2015
A new valley blocking landslide in the Zanskar valley in northern India
News reports in India suggest that a valley blocking landslide occurred on 31st December in the Zanskar Valley, threatening a number of villages and causing the Chadar Ice Trek to be closed
19 September 2014
Moving to the University of East Anglia and two new landslide videos
I have now moved to the University of East Anglia at PVC (RE). To restart blogging, two new landslide videos have been posted, from India and Costa Rica
15 August 2014
Continuing landslide turmoil in Nepal
Heavy rainfall is bringing continued landslide problems in Nepal and northern India, compounding the difficulties facing the Nepal Army at the Sunkoshi site
5 August 2014
Valley-blocking landslides: latest from Sunkoshi and Yunnan, and a brief update on the Malin landslide in India
Unusually there are two valley-blocking landslides causing concerns at present, in Nepal & China, whilst recovery operations at Malin in India continue
1 August 2014
Malin landslide in Pune: assorted news stories
The media in India is providing extensive coverage of the Malin landslide in Pune, which is now known to have killed at least 56 people
20 June 2014
Monsoon 2014: late but starting to have an impact (including two good new landslide videos)
Monsoon 2014 in South Asia is late this year, but the 16 landslide deaths overnight in Nepal suggest that it is now having an impact.
29 October 2013
More photographs of the aftermath of the Kedarnath debris flow disaster
Vaibhav Kaul recently visited Kedarnath in Uttarakhand, India, the site of the debris flow disaster earlier this year. These are some of his photographs
26 October 2013
A remarkable photo of Kedarnath after the debris flow disaster
Vaibhav Kaul has taken an excellent set of photos of the aftermath of the Kedarnath debris flow disaster in India. I’ve posted the first one here, and will do a fuller post next week
13 July 2013
An interesting valley-blocking landslide (not a glacial lake problem) above Badrinath temple in Uttarakhand, India
The Indian NRSC has identified a valley-blocking landslide, and associated lake, upstream of the Badrinath Temple and town in Uttarakhand in northern India
10 July 2013
Losses from the Uttarakhand landslide disaster
At least 4000 people are now known to have died in the Uttarakhand landslide disaster; some estimates suggest that the toll may exceed 11,000
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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