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11 May 2021
Historical landslides that have resulted in fatalities in Canada
The Canadian Geological Survey has published an excellent graphic showing historical landslides that have resulted in fatalities in Canada
18 May 2020
The current landslide crisis in East Africa
Data suggests that the recent high number of fatal landslides in East Africa may be associated with the state of the Indian Ocean Dipole
14 May 2020
The 2019 fatal landslide dataset
I have made the 2019 fatal landslide dataset available as a Google Sheet for the community to use, and welcome any corrections or additions
13 May 2020
A map of 2019 fatal landslides
I have now been able to generate the global map of 2019 fatal landslides. This shows an unusual cluster of landslides in East Africa.
25 March 2020
Fatal landslides in 2019
In 2019 I recorded a total 463 non-seismic fatal landslides, causing 3270 deaths, plus a further 27 fatal landslides triggered by earthquakes, making 2019 the third worst on record.
2 December 2019
Losses from mining-related landslides
Data suggests that the cost of mining-related landslides is increasing rapidly, with almost 3000 deaths in the period between 2014 and 2018.
16 September 2019
An update on landslides from the 2019 Northern Hemisphere monsoon season
A review of fatal landslides from the 2019 Northern Hemisphere summer monsoon suggests that the year has been significantly worse than the long term average
