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7 June 2016
Review of a paper: dam break risk for the Attabad landslide
In a recent paper, Chen et al (2016) have examined the risks associated with a dam break flood at the Attabad landslide in Pakistan. They conclude that the likelihood of a breach event remains high, and that such an event has the potential to release a very substantial flood.
13 April 2016
Landslide damage to the Karakoram Highway
The rains in early April 2016 have caused extensive landslide damage to the Karakoram Highway in northern Pakistan, causing major problems to communities upstream. Two landslides are proving to be particularly problematic, and may take another week to clear.
5 April 2016
Heavy rainfall brings extensive landsliding to Kohistan and other parts of northern Pakistan
Heavy rainfall in northern Pakistan has triggered multiple landslides and rockfalls, including a major failure in Kohistan that may have killed 38 people in addition to many landslides on the Karakoram Highway
28 March 2016
A terrifying video of two coaches trapped by “shooting rocks” in Pakistan
A terrifying video has appeared on Youtube showing two buses trapped by “shooting rocks” on the Karakorum Highway in Pakistan
22 March 2016
Multiple landslides in the last few days in northern India and Pakistan
Over the last week, heavy rainfall has triggered multiple landslides in northern India and Pakistan, causing significant loss of life and extensive damage.
4 February 2016
Landslides near Muzaffarabad from the 2005 Kashmir earthquake
The 2005 Kashmir earthquake in Pakistan triggered large numbers of landslides. Google Earth imagery illustrates their dramatic impacts
2 November 2015
A roundup of new landslide videos
A round up of new landslide videos that have appeared on Youtube in the last fortnight, with examples from Switzerland, Mexico and Pakistan
28 October 2015
Landslides from the Afghanistan earthquake on Monday
Some interesting videos and images are now emerging of landslides and rockfalls triggered by the M=7.5 Afghanistan earthquake on Monday
15 October 2015
Karachi rockfall: a human-induced tragedy?
A rockfall in Karachi on Tuesday killed 13 people including seven children. Images of the site hint that there may be a human cause of the tragedy
4 March 2015
Chitral and Humla – two new valley-blocking landslides in the high mountains of South Asia?
Reports emerged yesterday of two new valley-blocking landslides in the high mountains of South Asia, one in Humla, Nepal and one in Chitral, Pakistan
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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