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15 July 2009
Update on the South Asian Monsoon
The seasonal landslide pattern in South Asia remains very substantively below the long term mean this year – to date at least the monsoon is failing. The level of the problem is illustrated rather well by this map of the monsoon season rainfall anomaly for India, from Monsoon Online: The result is that the number of landslides in South Asia is very much below average, which is of course good …
23 June 2009
The National Centre for Landslide Research, Studies and Management in India
Yesterday, the Indian National Disaster Management Authority held a press conference to announce the publication of a new set of “National Disaster Management Guidelines – Management of Landslides and Snow Avalanches”. At this press conference it was also announced that the Indian Government will set up a National Centre for Landslide Research, Studies and Management, to be located in one of the most landslide-prone states (I would guess that this …
31 May 2009
Landslides and the Kailash Mansarovar yatra
One of the great pilgrimages of the Hindu faith is the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, which is a 400 km trek up to Lake Mansarovar in Tibet. This pilgrimage is very demanding – the lake is at 4550 m above sea level. It is undertaken in groups of 60 people over 26 days. Each year the first group sets off on 1st June. The route is shown below (from here): This …
27 May 2009
Landslides from Cyclone Alia in Darjeeling
One of the most admirable landslide websites that I know is the Save the Hills blog, which is the mouthpiece of a community level group trying to raise awareness of the problems of landslides in Darjeeling in NE India. I have featured this site several times before. As Cyclone Alia has closed in on the area over the last few days See below) they have been warning of the danger …
26 May 2009
The Pareechu landslide and flood, 2005
In July 2003 a landslide occurred on the Pareechu stream at 32.322N, 78.735E, a remote tributary of the Satluj River in Tibet (see Fig. 1). The landslide was quite large, blocking the river and allowing a lake to form that eventually breached. In this post I will try to use the range of satellite imagery and reports that are now available to describe the sequence of events. Fig. 1: Google …
6 May 2009
Early May is the start of the landslide season
Whilst the transition towards the Northern Hemisphere summer is rather pleasant for many of us, the start of May also marks the start of the landslide season in the Northern Hemisphere. Of course the main problems kick in when the SW monsoon really gets going in Asia and the tropical cyclone season properly begins in the N. Pacific and N. Atlantic basins, but already there are clear signs that the …
10 February 2009
Landslide on the Mahakali River on the Nepal / India border
Thanks to both David Hopkins and Ripendra for drawing my attention to a landslide on Friday on the Mahakali River on the border between Nepal and India. Although it has occurred in a remote area, it is interesting because the landslide appears to have partially blocked a fairly large river coming down from the high Himalayas. The landslide occurred in the Chautuldhar (Chetalkot) area of Rephalikot, close to Tawaghat in …
4 September 2008
The physics of landslides…
This is a nice illustration that the physical rules that control landslides are the same the world over (or that journalists play games occasionally…). Below is the well-known USGS image of the 1995 La Conchita landslide in California: Compare the above image with this Telegraph Calcutta picture of a landslide at St Antony’s Colony in Munnar, India. Almost a mirror image! Hmmm…….!
3 August 2008
Updated (corrected re confusion between naina Devi and Nainital): The Naina Devi temple stampede in India
News reports today report a tragedy in Himachal Pradesh when a stampede at a Hindu temple at Naina Devi led to at least 147 people, most of them women and children being crushed to death. A further 37 people were injured. Initial, unconfirmed, reports suggest that the trigger for the stampede was a rumour of a landslide. Thus, for example, MyNews.in reported that: “Additional District Magistrate C P Verma said …
16 June 2008
Landslides in Darjeeling, India
In September 2007 intense monsoon rainfall in the Kalimpong region of Darjeeliing in Northern India triggered large numbers of landslides, killing at least seven people. This has brought to the fore the issue of environmental degradation and the consequent landslides in Himalayan environments. Darjeeling is a microcosm of problems arising throughout the Himalaya, with rapidly increasing numbers of landslides causing major problems. Darjeeling is probably most famous for its tea …
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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