Acquired on August 3, 2011, this natural-color image shows the spillway relieving pressure on the lake created by a January 2010 landslide in the Hunza Valley of northern Pakistan.
Published Sep 4, 2011
Debris from an earthquake-induced landslide has dammed a river in Nepal.
Published May 7, 2015
Acquired July 7, 2010, this photo-like image shows water from a landslide-dammed river flowing through a human-made spillway in northwestern Pakistan’s Hunza Valley.
Published Jul 8, 2010
Acquired March 16,2010, this true-color image shows a lake created by a landslide in the Hunza Valley of northern Pakistan. The landslide appears near the upper left corner, and a submerged bridge appears near the lower right corner.
Published Mar 18, 2010
Acquired on May 2, 2010, this false-color image shows a growing landslide lake in the Hunza Valley of Northern Pakistan. A white outline shows the landslide lake’s extent in mid-March 2010.
Published May 11, 2010
On July 2, 2010, a landslide-dammed lake in Pakistan appeared to have overtopped the dam, and water was streaming out through a man-made spillway.
Published Jul 2, 2010
A landslide in eastern Tibet backed up the Yigong River for two months.
Published Jun 16, 2012
As water backed up behind a landslide on the Tsarap River, authorities grew concerned about flash floods.
Published Jan 27, 2015
On March 22, 2014, a rainfall-triggered landslide near Oso, Washington, sent muddy debris spilling across the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River.
Published Mar 27, 2014
In Peru, a landslide damaged farmland and stopped the flow of an important local river.
Published Jul 3, 2020
In the wake of the May 12, 2008, earthquake in China, a series of landslides blocked the Jiangjiang River, creating swollen reservoirs that threatened to break through and flood catastrophically. The largest of these lakes, Tangjiashan Lake, threatened roughly 1.3 million people.
Published Jun 11, 2008
Acquired on April 20 and May 6, 2012, these images compare conditions before and after a landslide in Nepal. The slide likely led to deadly flooding.
Published May 24, 2012
