17 September 2008 16:46 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Better late than never (just a tad busy at the moment…), here is the fatal landslide map for August 2008. First the statistics:Number of recorded fatal landslides: 61Number of recorded fatalities: 537 As such August was substantially above the average for the last five years (212 fatalities). This is interesting as regular readers will know that until the end of July most months have been substantially below the five year …
Tags: 2008, August, Landslide data, landslide report, map
5 September 2008 08:55 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
A perennial landslide story at this time of year is the triggering by a tropical cyclone of landslides in Haiti. This year the hurricane season has been particularly cruel, with three large events in a month. Hanna, the most recent, appears to have stalled close to Haiti for a day or so, causing torrential rainfall. At the moment reports suggest that 136 people have been killed in flash floods and …
Tags: 2008, debris flow, Dominican Republic, flash flood, Haiti, hurricane, mudslide, tropical cyclone
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