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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.
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
24 September 2013
Recent fatal landslides in the Philippines
In the last two days three landslides in the Philippines have killed 25 people
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
6 July 2013
Videos of Kedarnath on the day of the disaster, and in the aftermath, including a video of the disaster as it happened
A set of videos have appeared on Youtube showing the evants at Kedarnath during the disaster three weeks ago
27 June 2013
New high resolution images of Kedarnath – the cause of the debris flow disaster is now clear
New images from the NRSC in India allow the causes of the debris flow disaster at Kedarnath to be interpreted
26 June 2013
Images of landslides from Uttarakhand
Better images of the landslides from the Uttarakhand disaster are now starting to appear. This post presents some examples.
25 June 2013
Before and after NASA satellite imagery of the debris flow events at Kedarnath
NASA have made available Landsat 8 images of Kedarnath in Uttarakhand before and after the disaster, allowing an interpretation of the causes of the tragedy
16 January 2013
New research: extreme precipitation and landslides in 2010
A review of a paper examining the linkages between high levels of landslides in 2010 and large scale rainfall patterns
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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