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20 February 2012
Attabad landslide – reports indicate that the barrier will be blasted next week (updated)
Reports suggest that there are plans to blast the Attabad landslide on Monday 27th February
24 August 2011
New satellite images of the Attabad landslide site
An update on the situation at Attabad, using new satellite data collected by NASA
9 August 2011
Two new landslide videos – including an amazing pulsing debris flow
Two new landslide videos, including an amazing pulsing debris flow
15 July 2011
News of two (?) valley-blocking landslides
News of two valley-blocking landslides – Attabad in Pakistan and a possible earthquake triggered event in Costa Rica
9 June 2011
Some notable landslides in the last week
As I noted in my previous post, we are now just entering the global landslide season. In the last week there has been a marked increase in significant landslides in the Northern Hemisphere. Clearly, during the summer I won’t be highlighting the vast majority of those that occur, but thought it would be interesting just to draw attention to just a few of those that have happened in the last …
27 May 2011
The Attabad landslide – tensions mount as the water level rises again
A review of the current state of play at Attabad as the lake level rises once again during the snowmelt season.
17 May 2011
Attabad landslide – Geohazards 5 presentation
A link to the paper and powerpoint presentation for my talk on the Attabad landslide at the Geohazards 5 conference in Kelowna, Canada today.
5 May 2011
New presentation – Climate Change in Gilgit-Baltistan: impacts on humans and hazards
A pdf file of the presentation that I will give today entitled: Climate Change in Gilgit-Baltistan: impacts on humans and hazards.
18 December 2010
The cost of reconstruction after the Attabad landslide
Whilst it has dropped from the news during the winter period, the Attabad landslide crisis in Pakistan rumbles on, with dire consequences for the population on the north side of the barrier. In the next few days the high passes into China will close again, rendering the population of Gojal isolated once again. The Pamir Times featured an article a few days ago highlighting how tough conditions are once again: …
29 November 2010
Update on the Tawang Monastery and a good article on the tribulations of Pakistan
Update on Tawang Thanks to reader Adrian Moon for tracking this down – an image of the landslide affecting the Tawang Monastery site in India has been posted on the Echo of Aranchal website: Whilst it is hard to place the image, the most likely spot appears to be the west-facing slope section, which looks to have a landslide morphology: The cycle of disaster in Pakistan The BBC News website …
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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