2 June 2011 07:05 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
The world of landslides is rather busy at the moment, and we are only just coming into the main landslide season. I thought I’d post a a few landslide-related items that have caught my eye over the last week: 1. A fatal rockfall in Scotland A woman climber was killed on the Sgurr Alasdair in the Cuillin mountains on the Isle of Skye on Tuesday when she was struck on …
8 October 2010 07:18 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Most readers will be aware that I collate statistics for fatal landslides occurring worldwide. I have now processed the statistics for September, and the results are as follows: Number of landslide events that caused one or more fatalities worldwide: 36Number of people killed by landslides: 377 This compares with the following average number for 2002-2009: Number of landslide events that caused one or more fatalities worldwide: 37.4 Number of people …
Tags: Colombia, Landslide data, landslide report, Mexico, statistics
30 December 2009 08:51 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
The reinsurance giant Munich Re releases annual statistics on the losses from natural catastrophes each year. They released the data for 2009 yesterday, presumably banking on the balance of probabilities that there would be no more major events in the three days left of the year. The release is available here: http://www.munichre.com/en/press/press_releases/2009/2009_12_29_press_release.aspxOverall resultsThe news for 2009 is good, with no disasters causing mass (i.e. >10,000) fatalities. There list of the …
Tags: annual, disaster, munich re, statistics
30 December 2009 08:51 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
The reinsurance giant Munich Re releases annual statistics on the losses from natural catastrophes each year. They released the data for 2009 yesterday, presumably banking on the balance of probabilities that there would be no more major events in the three days left of the year. The release is available here: http://www.munichre.com/en/press/press_releases/2009/2009_12_29_press_release.aspxOverall resultsThe news for 2009 is good, with no disasters causing mass (i.e. >10,000) fatalities. There list of the …
Tags: annual, disaster, munich re, statistics
3 November 2009 20:31 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Willis is a large insurance and reinsurance broker based in London. A key part of their primary business lies in arranging insurance for catastrophe risk – i.e. losses from mega-events such as an earthquake in Tokyo or San Francisco, a storm surge flood in London or a volcanic eruption near to Mexico City. Calculating the risks associated with these events is a challenging task, but of course the stakes are …
Tags: insurance, research, risk, road network
3 November 2009 20:31 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Willis is a large insurance and reinsurance broker based in London. A key part of their primary business lies in arranging insurance for catastrophe risk – i.e. losses from mega-events such as an earthquake in Tokyo or San Francisco, a storm surge flood in London or a volcanic eruption near to Mexico City. Calculating the risks associated with these events is a challenging task, but of course the stakes are …
Tags: insurance, research, risk, road network
19 October 2009 20:33 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Latest update here Unfortunately the news on typhoon Lupit (Ramil in the Philippines) is not getting any better. The storm has now turned towards the west and is picking up speed. It is now moving on a bearing of about 300 degrees at about 9 knots (c.17 kmh). This means that it is forecast to start to make landfall on the northern side of Luzon on Wednesday / Thursday. The …
Tags: hurricane, Lupit, Mexico, philippines, typhoon
25 January 2009 20:43 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Two interesting landslides to report in the last few days. 1. Landslide in Iztapalapa, Mexico CityOn Thursday morning a 50 cubic metre landslide in the Itzapalapa, a poor suburb of Mexico City slid onto a house at the toe of the slope, killing two people. Chinagate has published a rather dramatic picture of the site: The interesting thing about this image is the very large (apparently 5 m high) retaining …
Tags: lake, landslide report, Mexico, reservoir, tsunami, USA, Washinton State
8 February 2008 09:57 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
A nasty landslide this week in Peru triggered some thoughts about the occurrence of landslides that kill the passngers on buses. The event that triggered these thoughts occurred on 6th February when heavy rain dislodged a boulder hit a bus and knocked it into the Tarma River in Junin Province in Peru. Seven people were killed and a further 23 were injured. TV3 news in New Zealand had this picture …
Tags: bus, Landslide data, road accident
22 January 2008 14:42 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Here is the map of fatal landslide locations in 2007. Each black dot represents a single fatal landslide. 2007 fatal landslide map.Click on the map for a large version. Copyright Prof. David Petley A number of clusters are clearly evident:1. The Himalayan Arc: this cluster of landslides extends along the whole of the southern edge of the Himalayan Arc and down into Bangladesh. Landslides here occur mostly in the period …
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