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6 May 2015
Gorkha earthquake in Nepal: a landslide map and update on the landslide hazard
The EWF team, working with the British Geological Survey, have provided an update on landslide hazard after the Gorkha earthquake, including a landslide map
22 January 2015
The landslide on the Tsarap River in the Zanskar Valley – new images
New images have been posted on Facebook showing the landslide on the Tsarap River in Zanskar, N. India
21 January 2015
Zanskar Valley: the location of the landslide
Colin Stark at Columbia University has located the landslide in the Zanskar valley using Landsat 8 imagery
19 January 2015
A new valley blocking landslide in the Zanskar valley in northern India
News reports in India suggest that a valley blocking landslide occurred on 31st December in the Zanskar Valley, threatening a number of villages and causing the Chadar Ice Trek to be closed
18 August 2014
Sunkoshi landslide: another update
An update on the valley-blocking Sunkoshi landslide in Nepal, where efforts to drain the lake continue to proceed slowly amidst growing signs of unrest about the loss of the trade route to Tibet
15 August 2014
Continuing landslide turmoil in Nepal
Heavy rainfall is bringing continued landslide problems in Nepal and northern India, compounding the difficulties facing the Nepal Army at the Sunkoshi site
7 August 2014
[Bhote Kosi] Sunkoshi (corrected) landslide in Nepal – an update
The Bhote Kosi landslide crisis continues, with little reduction in the level of the lake despite the best efforts of the Nepal Army
6 August 2014
Yunnan earthquake: images of the valley blocking landslides
The government mapping agency in China has released satellite images of landslides triggered by the Yunnan earthquake earlier this week
2 August 2014
Sunkoshi in Nepal: a valley blocking landslide crisis
A massive landslide in the Sunkoshi Valley of northern Nepal has created an instant, very serious valley-blocking landslide crisis
14 April 2014
Dart River (Te Horo) landslide complex in New Zealand
The Dart River landslide in New Zealand is an unusual case of a complex landslide that has generated valley-blocking debris flows. A new GNS Science report provides the details.
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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