Darjeeling: 38 killed and 23 missing in landslides
Yesterday heavy monsoon rainfall triggered at least 25 landslides in Darjeeling, northern India, killing at least 38 people.
View ArticleKalimpong: Save the Hills has documented the fatal landslides of 30th June /...
The Save the Hills blog has documented the landslides that occurred in the Kalimpong area of Darjeeling, N India on 3th June / 1st July 2015
View ArticleChamoli: a large and spectacular failure caught on video
News24 has posted a video of a large and dramatic landslide that occurred in Chamoli, Uttarakhand this week. The post also includes a round up of landslide events elsewhere in South and Central Asia...
View ArticleMangdechu in Bhutan – another significant landslide at a hydroelectric power...
Today the Mangdechu Hydroelectric power in Bhutan was hit by a major landslide, killing 5 workers. This is the latest in a string of fatal landslides at HEP sites in Asia.
View ArticleAfter canals go in, fish diversity goes up… many millenia from now
Facing a growing population and increasing demands for fresh water, India is hoping that an engineering fix will help solve its water-scarcity problems. The country’s National Water Development Agency...
View ArticleTwo interesting landslide videos from Congjiang, China and Manali, India
Two dramatic landslides appeared on Youtube this week, a huge rockfall from Manali in India and a landslide destroying houses in Congjiang, China
View ArticleDarjeeling day 1: Landslides on National Highway 10
On Day 1 of our UKIERI visit to Darjeeling in India we visited a landslide site on National Highway 10 that caused major problems in 2015
View ArticleKalimpong Day 2: landslides on the eastern face
Kalimpong Day 2: the second day of the SHAMROCC visit involved a visit to several landslides on the eastern face of Kalimpong.
View ArticleKalimpong Day 3: the downstream effects of poor urban water management
On Kalimpong Day 3 we visited a gully that is being actively eroded as a result of poor urban water management in the town
View ArticleKalimpong Day 4 part 1: An interesting and deadly roadside landslide
Kalimpong Day 4: an interesting and hard to manage rockslide that killed two people on State High 31A in India in January 2016
View ArticleManaging urban landslides
On the last day of my visit to Kalimpong, Praful Rao took me to Dumsi Pakha, a poor hillside community with problems in managing urban landslides
View ArticleMultiple landslides in the last few days in northern India and Pakistan
Over the last week, heavy rainfall has triggered multiple landslides in northern India and Pakistan, causing significant loss of life and extensive damage.
View ArticleFive new landslide videos – two dashcam films from China, two rockfall films...
This post features 5 new landslide videos, including two dashcam videos from China, a terrifying rockfall video from Peru, a toppling failure from India & a feature on the GNS earthquake response
View ArticleNagasaki, Uttarakhand and Pakistan: three new landslide videos
Three good new landslide videos are available on Youtube, shot in Nagasaki (Japan), Uttarakhand (India) and in the mountains of Pakistan
View ArticleDzongu: a worrying valley blocking landslide in Sikkim, India
Reports have emerged of a large valley-blocking landslide on the Kanaka River in Sikkim, northern India. A large lake has already started to form.
View ArticleThe Dzongu landslide: overtopped but not drained
Water started to overtop the Dzongu landslide dam in Sikkim, India yesterday. To date the flow appears to be stable, with the channel widening rather than incising.
View ArticleThe Dzongu landslide dam: an update
Whilst at the moment the Dzongu landslide dam in Sikkim appears to be stable, the Indian authorities are starting to assess the long term hazards that it might pose to upstream and downstream communities
View ArticleUttarkhand and Siliguri: two new landslide videos from India
Two new landslide videos from India have been posted this week on Youtube - one showing a large rockslide in Uttarakhand and the other a lucky escape from Siliguri
View ArticleJharkhand and Hpakant: two deadly mine waste landslides in the last two days
Jharkhand in India and Hpakant in Burma (Myanmar): two mine waste landslides in the last two days that have caused multiple fatalities
View ArticleChamba: an impressive set of landslide videos from Himachal Pradesh
Three new videos have been posted on Youtube that show a dramatic landslide at Chamba in Himachal Pradesh, India, which apparently occurred on Monday
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