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3 August 2023
A very lucky escape in a debris flow in Arunachal Pradesh, northern India
A video posted to social media shows three people having a very lucky escape from a debris flow in Arunachal Pradesh, northern India.
25 July 2023
The location of the 20 July 2023 debris flow at Ungar in Lhuentse, Bhutan
Thanks to @Rock_Avalanches and @Planet, the location of the 20 July 2023 debris flow at Ungar in Lhuentse, Bhutan has now been identified.
24 July 2023
An update on the 19 July 2023 Irshalwadi landslide and a catastrophic debris flow in Bhutan
An update on the 19 July 2023 Irshalwadi landslide in India and the 20 July 2023 debris flow at Ungar in Bhutan
21 July 2023
The 19 July 2023 landslide at Irshalwadi in Khalipur, India
The 19 July 2023 landslide at Irshalwadi in Khalipur, in western India, which has killed at least 16 people.
14 July 2023
The Medieval 23 cubic kilometre Sabche rockslide in Annapurna, Nepal
A new paper in the journal Nature (Lavé et al. 2023) describes the 23 cubic km Sabche rockslide in Annapurna, Nepal, which occurred about 850 years ago.
20 June 2023
The 30 June 2022 Tupul, Manipur landslide in India
On 30 June 2022 a landslide at Tupul, in Manipur, India, killed 61 people. A new paper (Baruah et al. 2023) provides an initial analysis, concluding that the failure was caused by poor construction and triggered by heavy rainfall.
13 March 2023
The NRSC/ISRO Landslide Atlas of India
The National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) released last week a Landslide Atlas of India
9 March 2023
Biases in the reporting of landslide disasters
An interesting article on the Save the Hills blog has highlighted biases in the reporting of landslide disasters in India.
28 February 2023
Joshimath: new satellite imagery and ongoing issues with the movement of the landslide
Joshimath: new Planet satellite imagery provides insights into the landslide amidst continuing uncertainty as to the long term future
23 January 2023
An update on the landslide crisis at Joshimath
At Joshmath in India, 863 buildings are now showing signs of distress, of which 181 are considered to be unsafe.
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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