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26 April 2018
Landslides and monsoon variation in India
In a new Open Access paper, Mahmood et al. 2018 present a new reanalysis of monsoon variation for rainfall for India. A first comparison with the landslide database for 2008 and 2009 suggests that there are really interesting opportunities to understand better the links between the phenomena
24 April 2018
Boulder meets house: the power of landslides
Boulder meets house in India: a new video on Youtube shows the impact of a boulder on two properties at Peerah in northern India last week. The houses are completely destroyed.
16 February 2018
Ramban: massive landslides cut-off the Kashmir Valley for four days (includes a dramatic video)
In the last few days landslides have affected parts of Northern India, most notably Ramban District, effectively cutting off the Kashmir Valley. One of the landslides was captured on a spectacular video
2 January 2018
Yarlung Tsangpo: an ongoing “quake lake” scare in India (with images from Planet Labs)
The M=6.4 17th November 2017 earthquake in Tibet has triggered multiple landslides on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet, triggering fears of a catastrophic flood in India
4 September 2017
Shimla: a landslide caught on video from multiple angles
On Saturday afternoon a landslide that destroyed several vehicles at Dhalli in Shimla, N. India was caught on video from multiple angles
18 August 2017
A tale of two major slides: understanding the Regent and Kotrupi / Kotropi landslides
Further details are now emerging about the Kotropi and Regent landslides, which have killed hundreds of people in India and Sierra Leone this week
13 August 2017
Kotrupi: a landslide in northern India kills at least 46 people
On 13th August 2017 at least 46 people were killed when two buses were struck by a landslide at Kotrupi in Himachal Pradesh in Northern India
25 July 2017
Pandoh: two good new landslide videos from Himachal Pradesh in India
Two good new landslide videos have been posted on Youtube: a topple from Pandoh and a wedge failure from elsewhere in Himachal Pradesh in India
10 July 2017
Spectacular landslide videos from Arunachal Pradesh in India
As the monsoon intensifies across Asia, a series of landslide videos have been published from Arunachal Pradesh in India and from China
22 June 2017
A recent rock avalanche in the Yumthang Valley in Sikkim, northern India
Friends from NGU, NGI, IIT Kharagpurhttp://www.iitkgp.ac.in/ and WIHG have discovered a recent large rock avalanche in the Yumthang valley of Sikkim in northern India
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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