Waterford, New York: a large, damaging landslide
11 May 2020 06:14 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A large, unexpected landslide at Waterford in New York state in the United States last week is threatening a number of houses.
11 May 2020 06:14 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A large, unexpected landslide at Waterford in New York state in the United States last week is threatening a number of houses.
6 May 2020 06:31 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, which links Jammu and Srinagar, is known as India’s “killer highway”. This road is one of the most landslide-prone routes on Earth.
5 May 2020 06:05 in Planet Labs by Dave Petley
Satellite imagery from Planet Labs shows that the flood from the Sardoba Dam failure inundated a very large area, damaging farm land and communities.
29 April 2020 06:55 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Thanks to the Hazmapper team, we have learned that major landslides occurred in West Pokot, Kenya on 18 April 2020, killing up to 40 people and displacing 4,000.
25 March 2020 08:21 in Database by Dave Petley
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.
5 February 2020 07:14 in Database by Dave Petley
Analysis of the global geographical spread of landslides that cause fatalities demonstrates that the greatest losses occur in Asia
13 January 2020 07:09 in Planet Labs by Dave Petley
Planet Labs and Sentinel images of the 4 December 2019 landslide disaster in the hills around Nyempundu, in Mugina commune in Cibitoke, Burundi
8 January 2020 07:32 in Planet Labs by Dave Petley
Planet Labs have captured a good set of satellite images showing the 3 December 2019 Bududa landslides in Uganda, which killed about 50 people
2 December 2019 08:07 in Mining by Dave Petley
Data suggests that the cost of mining-related landslides is increasing rapidly, with almost 3000 deaths in the period between 2014 and 2018.
28 November 2019 07:27 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Extremely heavy rainfall affected West Pokot in Kenya on 23 and 24 November 2019, triggering extensive landslides that have caused at least 50 fatalities
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