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6 August 2010
A new valley-blocking landslide in Nepal
Thanks to Ripendra Awal for the heads-up on this one. The tale of monsoon devastation in South Asia continues with new reports of a valley blocking landslide at Setikhola village, which is located in Narmajung VDC in Kaski District, Nepal. The landslide occurred on the morning of 3rd August, killing five people according to press reports. So far 300 people have needed to be moved due to flooding on the …
8 October 2009
A late monsoon landslide incident in Nepal
Regular readers will know that Nepal is country in which I have a particular interest. The landslides there are dominated by the very strong monsoonal signal seen in the summer months. Usually by late September the monsoon is fading and normal life resumes. Not this year, which has seen a sudden late burst of rainfall in the west of the country. The map below shows the TRMM data for 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 …
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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