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3 September 2010
August fatal landslide data
The end of the month marks the point at which I post the accumulated totals for fatal landslides, based upon the global fatal landslide database that I maintain. The raw figures for August are stark. The total number of fatal landslides recorded in the month was 71, resulting in 2,740 fatalities. This total is of course dominated by the Zhouqu landslide in China, which is reported to have resulted in …
6 September 2009
August 2009 fatal landslide map
Here is the fatal landslide map for August 2009. As usual each yellow dot represents a single landslide that killed one or more people: Click on the map for a better (downloadable) view in a new window. The statistics are as follows:Number of recorded fatal landslides: 53Number of fatalities: 782 In terms of fatalities this places August well above the 2002-2008 average (347 fatalities). Of course this is dominated by …
17 September 2008
August 2008 fatal landslide map
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 …
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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