On Thursday 6 August 2020 a large landslide occurred at Rajmala near to Munnar, Kerala<\/a> in western India.\u00a0 The landslide, which was triggered by the same spell of intense monsoon rainfall that was a factor in the Air India Express airliner accident on the same day<\/a>, struck the accommodation of workers from a tea estate.\u00a0 At the time of writing, 43 bodies have been recovered from the site<\/a>.\u00a0 Reports suggest that a further 28 people are likely to be missing, giving a total toll of 71 people, although there is always considerable uncertainty.<\/p>\n So far I have found little information about the specifics of the landslide, and images that provide a decent oversight are difficult to obtain.\u00a0 The best I have found to date is this one, from India Life and Times<\/a>:-<\/p>\n The Rajmala landslide in Kerala, India. Image from India Life and Times<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n .<\/p>\n This appears to be a large, flow type slide in highly weathered soil. although better images are needed to understand it properly.<\/p>\n This is the largest landslide in India so far in the 2020 monsoon, although there are several weeks of rain to come yet.\u00a0 Large landslides in Kerala have happened previously<\/a>.\u00a0 On the same day in 2019 a large landslide occurred at Kavalaparra in Kerala, killing 59 people<\/a>.<\/p>\n Please see an update on this landslide, now termed the Pettimudi landslide, here.<\/a><\/p>\n .<\/p>\n On Friday 7 August 2020 another large, mobile landslide struck South Korea.\u00a0 On this occasion the landslide was located in Gokseong County, South Jeolla, killing five people.\u00a0 Korea JooAng Daily has a good image of the landslide:-<\/p>\n The landslide in Gokseong County, in South Korea on Friday 7 August 2020, which killed five people. Image from Korea JooAng Daily<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n .<\/p>\n A tropical cyclone is expected to bring more heavy rainfall today.<\/p>\n .<\/p>\n Yahoo has news of a seismically-induced rockslide in the Sawtooth Mountains in Idaho on 7 August<\/a>.\u00a0 The video is cool<\/a>, although I recommend sound off<\/strong> (for the sake of those around you and for your own sanity):-<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/08\/20_09-Kerala-1.jpg\")
Quickslide 1: another deadly landslide in South Korea<\/h4>\n
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Quickslide 2: a seismically-induced rockslide in the Sawtooth Mountains in Idaho<\/h4>\n