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23 May 2010
Meanwhile, elsewhere
Although all eyes, and increasingly those of the media (which is showing considerable interest in this blog), are on Attabad, other landslides are happening around the world as we enter the rainy season in many landslide prone areas of the Northern Hemisphere. In the last few days a number of significant landslide events have occurred: 1. A landslide-induced rail crash in China this morning.Xinhua reports that an 8000 cubic metre, …
11 January 2010
Update on the Attabad landslide
Image from Pamir Times. The Pakistan Red Crescent have published the latest update on the state of the Attabad landslide in northern Pakistan. The key information is that the water level in the barrier lake is rising at 0.4 feet (about 12 cm) per hour (NB note correction). The level is reportedly 44 feet (13.4 metres) from the crest of the dam. The lake is about to inundate the settlement …
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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