23 January 2011
Losses from the Brazil, Sri Lanka and Philippines landslide disasters
Posted by Dave Petley
I thought a summary of the current levels of known losses from the three big landslide and flood disasters that have greeted the New Year would be helpful:
1. Brazil
The latest update on losses of life in this disaster is as follows, according to the Brazil Civil Defence Agency:
Nova Friburgo: 389 deaths
Teresopolis: 324 deaths
Petropolis: 65 deaths,
Sumidouro: 22 deaths
Other towns: 3 deaths
Total: 803 fatalities, plus another 417 people reported missing.
2. Sri Lanka
According to Reliefweb, the floods and landslides in Sri Lanka have affected over 1 million people, leaving about 40 of them dead.
3. Philippines
Data for the floods across a large swathe of the Philippines are available from NDCC. The latest situation report suggests that nearly 1.9 million people have been affected, and 68 people dead and a further 23 missing. Of the deaths, 13 people died in landslides.
Dave Petley is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His blog provides commentary and analysis of landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
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