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24 September 2014
Sunkoshi landslide – reopening the road
Geotechnical engineer has kindly sent some images he took earlier this week when walking along the Arniko Highway past the Sunkoshi landslide. The images show the very poor condition of the highway after te recent heavy rainfall.
8 September 2014
The Sunkoshi landslide dam breach
The Sunkoshi landslide dam in Nepal breached and drained early on Sunday morning. The discharge data suggests that the breach was initiated in response to increased river flow caused by heavy rainfall.
24 August 2014
Sunkoshi landslide in Nepal – still no reduction in the lake level
The level of the lake behind the Sunkoshi landslide dam shows no signs of reducing, despite extensive efforts by the army to widen the channels
1 May 2014
Annapurna plateau: more on the Seti River rock avalanche
I have been asked to provide more detail on why I think the Seti River rock avalanche reached the gully system at the edge of the Annapurna plateau
29 October 2013
More photographs of the aftermath of the Kedarnath debris flow disaster
Vaibhav Kaul recently visited Kedarnath in Uttarakhand, India, the site of the debris flow disaster earlier this year. These are some of his photographs
16 September 2013
Fatal landslides in Asia – an updated map
The distribution of fatal landslides in Asia is very uneven. This is an updated map based upon my landslide database
18 June 2013
The monsoon arrives early in northern India and Nepal, inflicting a high cost
Early monsoon rainfall in northern India and Nepal has induced landslides and floods that have inflicted a high cost on the local population
16 January 2013
New research: extreme precipitation and landslides in 2010
A review of a paper examining the linkages between high levels of landslides in 2010 and large scale rainfall patterns
15 November 2012
Durham University undergraduate work on communities affected by landslides in Nepal
A study of the impacts of a large landslide on a rural community in remote Nepal has just been published on the IHRR blog. The work is being undertaken by undergraduates at Durham
20 October 2012
A very cool riverbank collapse video
A riverbank collapse landslide video from NE India
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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