The prolonged, late monsoon heavy rainfall across South Asia is attracting some attention now<\/a>, although the media coverage remains shamefully thin. The reasons for this go way beyond the remit of this blog of course, and are extensively discussed elsewhere<\/a>.\u00a0 Meanwhile the rainfall continues, and inevitably landslides are a consequence in this environment. On Saturday afternoon a significant landslide occurred at Dhalli in Shimla<\/a>, burying several vehicles but fortunately causing no loss of life.\u00a0 This landslide was captured on video from several angles.\u00a0 The explanation appears to be that precursory rockfall activity started about 20 minutes before the main failure event, allowing the road to be closed and, presumably, bystanders to start the cameras on their phones.<\/p>\n