{"id":11744,"date":"2014-09-19T08:48:14","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T08:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=11744"},"modified":"2014-09-19T08:48:14","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T08:48:14","slug":"university-of-east-anglia-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2014\/09\/19\/university-of-east-anglia-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving to the University of East Anglia and two new landslide videos"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"University<\/a>

University of East Anglia<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Moving to the University of East Anglia<\/h5>\n

Regular readers will have noted my lack of blog posts in recent weeks, for which I apologise.\u00a0 As you may be aware I have been changing jobs – I gave up the Wilson Chair in Hazard and Risk at Durham University<\/a> last Friday, and on Monday took up the position of Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Enterprise) at the University of East Anglia<\/a>.\u00a0 The last week has been a whirl of introductory meetings, all of which have been great fun.\u00a0 This hasn’t left much time for the blog, but as I now feel established I will be returning to previous levels of activity.<\/p>\n

So to get things underway again, two new landslide videos have appeared on Youtube in the last week:<\/p>\n

A lucky escape in Costa Rica<\/h5>\n

In the last few days very heavy rainfall in Costa Rica has triggered extensive landsliding.\u00a0 This video<\/a> shows a very lucky escape for a motorcyclist:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HTMJ4MJL7q8<\/p>\n

It is of course only a small landslide, but illustrates nicely the dangers posed by even apparently superficial soil slides.<\/p>\n

Ongoing landslides in northern India<\/h5>\n

Meanwhile northern India and Pakistan have been affected by heavy rainfall that has caused extensive damage (though has received very little coverage). This landslide in Ramban District appears to be causing considerable disruption to the road:<\/p>\n