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19 October 2015
First announcement: a giant rock avalanche on the flanks of Mount Steele in the Yukon last week
I can reveal here for the first time that last week a giant rock avalanche was detected by Colin Stark and Goram Ekstrom on the flanks of Mount Steele in the Yukon, Canada
27 January 2015
New satellite images of the Tsarap landslide in the Zanskar Valley
Two new sets of satellite images have been released of the Tsarap landslide in the Zanskar Valley of Northern India
25 February 2014
Mount La Perouse rock avalanche: more images
Satellite images and additional photographs are now available of the Mount La Perouse rock avalanche. This is a big landslide – runout distance is >7 km
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
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
23 June 2013
Speculation on what happened at Kedarnath
Better images are now available of the Kedarnath site, allowing an initial investigation of what happened to cause the disaster
13 June 2013
NASA Imagery of the Bingham Canyon landslide
NASA have collected an excellent satellite image of the Bingham Canyon landslide in Utah, USA
30 May 2012
More information about the Seti River landslide and debris flood in Nepal
Over the last few days several new pieces of information about the Seti River landslide and flood have come to light
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
25 January 2011
First satellite images of the Brazil landslides
Obtaining decent satellite imagery of the devastating Brazil landslide disaster has proven to be exceptionally difficult due to the presence of clouds across the affected area. This is probably the reason why the Disaster Charter activation has yet to yield any imagery. However, NASA has managed to collect an ASTER image of the affected area (hat-tip to Dalia Kirchbaum for highlighting this to me) and has now posted the image online. The image …
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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