Ongoing disaster relief operations in Wayanad@SpokespersonMoD /X

DTE Coverage: Landslide early warning systems in India

What steps are being taken to ensure early warnings for landslides in India? DTE finds out

1. Stemming the landslide: Early warning systems are crucial for disaster preparedness — but what are they?

The devastating Wayanad tragedy has claimed around 350 lives@ShashiTharoor / X (previously Twitter)

India’s early warning system for rain-induced landslides in three regions went live just weeks before Wayanad tragedy

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2. Stemming the landslide: GSI is working on early warning systems in India, but how do they work?

Silted Rishiganga river near Raini village in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. The photo was taken after flash floods in 2021 which led to landslides. Vikas Choudhary / CSE

GSI is operationalising a prototype of warning systems for landslides induced by rains in vulnerable as part of LANDSLIP project, but faces several challenges

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3. Stemming the landslide: Here’s why localised early warnings in India still an uphill battle

Debris flow are a type of landslide that is particularly dangerous to life and property. In 2013, floods in North India, centered in Uttarakhand, saw large-scale debris flows. Seen here, labourers working on reconstructing the road to Kedarnath in Rudarprayag, Uttarakhand after the disaster. iStock

While GSI works to operationalise a prototype for regional early warnings, several Indian researchers are working on the even more difficult task of providing slope-specific local predictions

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