Tuesday, September 20, 2011

6.9 Richter Earthquake in Darjeeling - Sikkim Himalayas : The Kalimpong Chapter

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Rainfall data of Kalimpong from 14Sep -19Sep2011 . 14Sep - 16mm 15Sep - 57mm 16Sep - 25mm 17Sep - 11mm 18Sep -114mm ( mostly fro...
Sunday, September 18, 2011

The 2nd Indian Landslide Congress (2ILC), Guwahati, 15-16Sep2011

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 We attended the 1st Indian Landslide Congress in Lucknow last year and it was again a unique privilege to attend the second one in Guwaha...
Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Rainfall data and landslide report - Aug2011

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Rainfall was more or less normal for all three towns in the district with Kurseong again receiving the heaviest rain. The only  landslide ...
Friday, September 2, 2011

Garbage dump landslides

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You can read more about the garbage dump landslide in the Philippines in Dr David Petley's blog here and I have covered the Alaichikho...
Thursday, August 25, 2011

Landslide in Darjeeling town (25Aug2011)

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What is worth noting is that we have not have continuous heavy showers in this region in Aug2011 and as such we have had virtually no major ...
Monday, August 22, 2011

A quick way to check the weather : Google Maps

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Google has just updated the Google Maps with a weather overlay that provides users with current weather condition around the world and for...
Tuesday, August 9, 2011

A great NEW website from IMD

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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) website and its many links provides a wealth of information about rainfall throughout the countr...
Sunday, August 7, 2011

Rainfall data July 2011

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Since most landslides in our area are rain induced, keeping a tab of the rainfall in the Darjeeling district is one of our roles.  In Jul20...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Landslide update (Darjeeling- Sikkim Himalaya) : 20Jul2011

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The rainfall data (for the past 24hrs) from the 3 Automatic Rainfall Gauges (ARGs) at Darjeeling, Kurseong and Kalimpong reveals that it ...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011

STH activities Jul2011

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Praful Rao