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4 September 2017
Shimla: a landslide caught on video from multiple angles
On Saturday afternoon a landslide that destroyed several vehicles at Dhalli in Shimla, N. India was caught on video from multiple angles
18 August 2017
A tale of two major slides: understanding the Regent and Kotrupi / Kotropi landslides
Further details are now emerging about the Kotropi and Regent landslides, which have killed hundreds of people in India and Sierra Leone this week
13 August 2017
Kotrupi: a landslide in northern India kills at least 46 people
On 13th August 2017 at least 46 people were killed when two buses were struck by a landslide at Kotrupi in Himachal Pradesh in Northern India
25 July 2017
Pandoh: two good new landslide videos from Himachal Pradesh in India
Two good new landslide videos have been posted on Youtube: a topple from Pandoh and a wedge failure from elsewhere in Himachal Pradesh in India
24 July 2017
Larcha: a landslide destroys a key bridge in northern Nepal
On Sunday 23rd July 2017 a landslide destroyed the bridge over the Bhotekoshi river at Larcha in Nepal, severing the Araniko Highway
10 July 2017
Spectacular landslide videos from Arunachal Pradesh in India
As the monsoon intensifies across Asia, a series of landslide videos have been published from Arunachal Pradesh in India and from China
22 June 2017
A recent rock avalanche in the Yumthang Valley in Sikkim, northern India
Friends from NGU, NGI, IIT Kharagpurhttp://www.iitkgp.ac.in/ and WIHG have discovered a recent large rock avalanche in the Yumthang valley of Sikkim in northern India
1 June 2017
Landslide weirdness: Sri Lanka
Landslide weirdness: an article in a newspaper in Sri Lanka blames the recent devastating landslides on a shift towards the North Pole!
17 April 2017
The Meethotamulla garbage dump landslide: an avoidable tragedy?
As the death toll from the Meethotamulla garbage dump landslide goes up, there is increasing evidence that many concerns have raised about the site
16 April 2017
The Meethotamulla garbage dump disaster in Sri Lanka
The Meethotamulla garbage dump in Colombo, Sri Lanka is now known to have killed at least 26 people. Images suggest this was a disaster waiting to happen.
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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