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7 November 2016
The 2016 landslide year to the end of October
Using my data, I have analysed the 2016 landslide year to the end of October. The number of events is significantly higher than for 2015.
18 May 2016
Fatal landslides in 2016 so far
A review of fatal landslides in 2016 to date suggests that so far the number of events and number of deaths is very similar to 2015
6 October 2014
Fatal landslides in the first seven months of 2014
Data for fatal landslides in January to July 2014 show that there was a total of 222 events killing 1466 people, mostly in Asia.
16 November 2012
Losses from landslides in Colombia
A brief review of the levels of loss of life from landslides in Colombia in recent years.
3 November 2012
Fatal landslides in Nepal in 2012
A review of landslide losses in Nepal in 2012 in comparison with the last 30 years. Losses were below the recent average, probably because the monsoon was weak.
13 September 2012
Ten years of collecting landslide fatality data
I have now been collecting data on landslide fatalities for ten years. In that time I have recorded almost 90,000 landslide-induced deaths.
20 June 2012
Did you see a landslide?
The USGS have created a new web based tool to allow users to help to generate a database of landslides
4 May 2012
One month from today…
The first of a series of posts exploring the occurrence of deaths from landslides over the last decade
28 June 2011
Landslide losses in Nepal
Dave explores trends in landslide occurrence on Nepal for the last 30 years, showing an apparent link between rainfall and the recorded numbers of landslides.
21 June 2011
Fatality-inducing landslides in 2011 – the scorecard at the summer solstice
Dave provides a brief review of fatality-inducing landslides in 2011 to date, comparing the data with previous years.
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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