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24 April 2016
The first anniversary of the Gorkha earthquake in Nepal: the Langtang rock and ice avalanche
Today is the 1st anniversary of the Gorkha earthquake in Nepal. A USGS report published last year describes the most significant landslide, the Gorkha rock and ice avalanche, which killed over 200 people.
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
31 March 2016
Pakistan: a highly destructive landslide caught on video
A new video has appeared on Youtube of a highly destructive landslide in Pakistan. The origins of the landslide are unclear, but the initial failure appears to trigger a larger slip on the lower slopes that dramatically destroy a number of houses.
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
24 March 2016
The Yale Himalaya Initiative landslide hazard map for Nepal
The Yale Himalaya Initiative has generated a landslide hazard map for Nepal. it is very unclear as to what this map is actually showing.
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.
14 March 2016
Managing urban landslides
On the last day of my visit to Kalimpong, Praful Rao took me to Dumsi Pakha, a poor hillside community with problems in managing urban landslides
8 March 2016
Kalimpong Day 4 part 1: An interesting and deadly roadside landslide
Kalimpong Day 4: an interesting and hard to manage rockslide that killed two people on State High 31A in India in January 2016
6 March 2016
Kalimpong Day 3: the downstream effects of poor urban water management
On Kalimpong Day 3 we visited a gully that is being actively eroded as a result of poor urban water management in the town
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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