Videos of Kedarnath on the day of the disaster, and in the aftermath,...
A set of videos have appeared on Youtube showing the evants at Kedarnath during the disaster three weeks ago
View ArticleLosses from the Uttarakhand landslide disaster
At least 4000 people are now known to have died in the Uttarakhand landslide disaster; some estimates suggest that the toll may exceed 11,000
View ArticleAn interesting valley-blocking landslide (not a glacial lake problem) above...
The Indian NRSC has identified a valley-blocking landslide, and associated lake, upstream of the Badrinath Temple and town in Uttarakhand in northern India
View ArticleA remarkable photo of Kedarnath after the debris flow disaster
Vaibhav Kaul has taken an excellent set of photos of the aftermath of the Kedarnath debris flow disaster in India. I've posted the first one here, and will do a fuller post next week
View ArticleMore photographs of the aftermath of the Kedarnath debris flow disaster
Vaibhav Kaul recently visited Kedarnath in Uttarakhand, India, the site of the debris flow disaster earlier this year. These are some of his photographs
View ArticleMonsoon 2014: late but starting to have an impact (including two good new...
Monsoon 2014 in South Asia is late this year, but the 16 landslide deaths overnight in Nepal suggest that it is now having an impact.
View ArticleMalin landslide in Pune: assorted news stories
The media in India is providing extensive coverage of the Malin landslide in Pune, which is now known to have killed at least 56 people
View ArticleValley-blocking landslides: latest from Sunkoshi and Yunnan, and a brief...
Unusually there are two valley-blocking landslides causing concerns at present, in Nepal & China, whilst recovery operations at Malin in India continue
View ArticleContinuing 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
View ArticleMoving to the University of East Anglia and two new landslide videos
I have now moved to the University of East Anglia at PVC (RE). To restart blogging, two new landslide videos have been posted, from India and Costa Rica
View ArticleA 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
View ArticleZanskar River landslide: more information
New images have emerged of the landslide that has blocked the Zanskar River in northern India
View ArticleZanskar Valley: the location of the landslide
Colin Stark at Columbia University has located the landslide in the Zanskar valley using Landsat 8 imagery
View ArticleThe 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
View ArticleNew satellite images of the Tsarap landslide in the Zanskar Valley
Two new sets of satellite images have been released of the Tsarap landslide in the Zanskar Valley of Northern India
View ArticleThe Pakyong Airport landslide issue in India
In Northern India, landsliding is occurring upslope of the Pakyong airport construction site, which has used extensive slope cutting during construction
View ArticlePaglajhora: another progressive road failure video
A video on Youtube shows a road collapse event that destroyed a truck at Paglajhora in Darjeeling. The landslide was a part of a much larger and very active slope failure that seems to have been...
View ArticleThe continuing mystery of the Pakyong Airport slope
News reports suggest that a building has collapsed near to the Pakyong Airport site in India, raising further questions about the engineering at the site
View ArticleSumner road drone footage and two other new landslide videos
There are three interesting new videos on Youtube, one showing rockfall damage on a orad above Sumner in New Zealand, one showing a landslide induced house collapse in India and the other showing a...
View ArticleLandslides in Nepal and the impact of the SW Monsoon
In a paper (Petley et al. 2007), we looked at spatial and temporal patterns of landslides in Nepal. The results highlight the threat posed by the SW monsoon in the earthquake affected areas
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