11 November 2010 03:42 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Deforestation is a major problem in Haiti, with 98% of natural woodlands having been removed. This post highlights a recent suggestion by an NGO that deforestation may be in part a cause of the current cholera outbreak in Haiti. Whilst this idea is unproven, the need for afforestation to be a part of the rehabilitation of Haiti is undeniable.
Tags: deforestation, featured, Haiti
30 March 2023 06:36 in landslide report, landslide video by Dave Petley
Buriticupu is a town with a population of about 73,000 that is being affected by a chronic gully and landslide problem.
Tags: brazil, erosion, featured, gully, landslide report, Reuters, South America
2 February 2022 08:14 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The disastrous 31 January 2022 mudflow in the La Gasca suburb of Quito, Ecuador, which killed at least 24 people,
Tags: Ecuador, featured, mudflow, South America
3 November 2020 07:41 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Williams Lake: On 31st October 2020 a 1 million cubic metre landslide, triggered by heavy rainfall, occurred in British Columbia, Canada
Tags: British Columbia, Canada, featured, glacial, landslide report
13 October 2020 07:04 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
An interesting short article points out that mycorrhizal fungi may play a key in reducing the susceptibility to landslides
Tags: deforestation, featured, forest, plants, trees
14 July 2020 06:56 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Over the last few days intense monsoon rainfall in Nepal has triggered a wave of landslides that have caused extensive loss of life and damage.
Tags: featured, landslide report, monsoon, nepal, South Asia
15 June 2020 07:19 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
A new paper (Zhao and Zhao 2020) in the journal Natural Hazards describes the 15 March 2019 Xiangning landslide in Shanxi Province, China, which killed 20 people.
Tags: china, East Asia, featured, landslide report, loess, Shanxi
31 January 2020 08:47 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
A new study (Lan et al 2020) explores whether planting trees increases slope stability. Spoiler alert: in general they do on lower angled slopes, but on steep slopes they can reduce stability.
Tags: deforestation, experiment, featured, forest, research, trees
29 March 2019 07:28 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
A detailed analysis has been published in the journal Landslides of the 2017 Mocoa Debris Flow in Colombia, which killed 409 people.
Tags: Colombia, debris flow, featured, landslide report, paper, research, South America
19 March 2019 07:08 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On Saturday, heavy rainfall in the Sentani area of Papua, Indonesia triggered landslides and debris flows that are known to have killed at least 89 people
Tags: debris flow, featured, indonesia, landslide report, SE. Asia
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