David Petley from Dave’s landslide Blog has been on a trip to Sichuan Province in China, site of last May’s tragic earthquake and deadly landslides. He has posted a 5-part series at his blog with some incredible pictures and first hand accounts of the effects of the disaster on the landscape and the people and on the reconstruction efforts. (Photo by David Petley)
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