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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
7 August 2014
[Bhote Kosi] Sunkoshi (corrected) landslide in Nepal – an update
The Bhote Kosi landslide crisis continues, with little reduction in the level of the lake despite the best efforts of the Nepal Army
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
4 August 2014
Sunkoshi landslide crisis: latest news and images
The Sunkoshi landslide crisis in Nepal is now into day 3. The level of the lake may be dropping but the level of hazard remains high
2 August 2014
Sunkoshi in Nepal: a valley blocking landslide crisis
A massive landslide in the Sunkoshi Valley of northern Nepal has created an instant, very serious valley-blocking landslide crisis
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.
1 May 2014
Annapurna plateau: more on the Seti River rock avalanche
I have been asked to provide more detail on why I think the Seti River rock avalanche reached the gully system at the edge of the Annapurna plateau
30 April 2014
The Seti River landslide disaster in Nepal: two years on
The Seti River disaster in May 2012 was caused by a large rock slope collapse from the Annapurna massif. What have we learnt since the initial analyses on this blog?
28 April 2014
Upper Madi Hydroelectric Project – another fatal landslide at a major power scheme in the Himalayas
On Friday a landslide at the Upper Madi HEP project site in Nepal trapped workers in a tunnel. Most were rescued but three lost their lives. Undortunately this is just the latest in a series of landslides associated with hydroelectric schemes in the Himalayas.
7 February 2014
The Seti River debris flow in Nepal – what was the role of the smaller landslide downstream?
An review of the role that the smaller landslide played in the Seti River debris flow in Nepal in 2012, which killed 72 people
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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