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4 March 2016
Kalimpong Day 2: landslides on the eastern face
Kalimpong Day 2: the second day of the SHAMROCC visit involved a visit to several landslides on the eastern face of Kalimpong.
1 March 2016
Darjeeling day 1: Landslides on National Highway 10
On Day 1 of our UKIERI visit to Darjeeling in India we visited a landslide site on National Highway 10 that caused major problems in 2015
24 February 2016
Annapurna: a large rock avalanche on 23rd Feb?
News reports in Nepal today suggest that a large, dry landslide occurred yesterday in the Annapurna region of Nepal. Was this a rock avalanche?
4 February 2016
Landslides near Muzaffarabad from the 2005 Kashmir earthquake
The 2005 Kashmir earthquake in Pakistan triggered large numbers of landslides. Google Earth imagery illustrates their dramatic impacts
12 December 2015
Two interesting landslide videos from Congjiang, China and Manali, India
Two dramatic landslides appeared on Youtube this week, a huge rockfall from Manali in India and a landslide destroying houses in Congjiang, China
28 October 2015
Landslides from the Afghanistan earthquake on Monday
Some interesting videos and images are now emerging of landslides and rockfalls triggered by the M=7.5 Afghanistan earthquake on Monday
15 October 2015
Karachi rockfall: a human-induced tragedy?
A rockfall in Karachi on Tuesday killed 13 people including seven children. Images of the site hint that there may be a human cause of the tragedy
15 September 2015
Live landslide monitoring data from Nepal
A team from Durham University is undertaking landslide monitoring of ten slopes in Nepal that were damaged in the April 2015 earthquake. The data is being streamed online in real time.
14 September 2015
The Rilpola, Badulla landslide in Sri Lanka: a 3D rendering
The Japanese aid agency JICA have generated a wonderful 3D rendering of the Rilpola, Badulla landslide in Sri Lanka, which shows the likely role of inadequate engineering on a track in initiating the landslide.
14 August 2015
Mangdechu in Bhutan – another significant landslide at a hydroelectric power plant site
Today the Mangdechu Hydroelectric power in Bhutan was hit by a major landslide, killing 5 workers. This is the latest in a string of fatal landslides at HEP sites in Asia.
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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