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30 September 2022
Landslides in the 1960s
I have been pondering the number of large landslide disasters that occurred in the 1960s. This is an initial list that includes the landslide impacts of two of the greatest earthquakes in history and a series of landslides caused by dams and mining.
8 February 2021
The catastrophic landslide and flood in Chamoli in Uttarakhand: the sequence of events
The catastrophic landslide and flood in Chamoli in Uttarakhand: over the last 24 hours, using @Planet Labs and other images, we have crowd-sourced the sequence of events
15 August 2017
Regent landslide, Sierra Leone: an uncertain picture
The Regent landslide disaster near Freetown in Sierra Leone has killed at least 400 people. At present there is uncertainty as to the events of that day
25 February 2016
The Vajont Slide: A new event chronology and the importance of geomorphology
In a new paper, Wolter et al (2015) have re-examined the 1963 Vajont slide, proposing a new chronology for the evolution of the landslide that caused the disaster.
7 April 2013
Future trends in natural hazard losses – the Powerpoint file from my Geographical Association 2013 conference talk
A talk from the Geographical Association annual conference on future losses from natural hazards, focusing on storms, floods, earthquakes and volcanoes
13 July 2011
Losses from Natural Hazards in Q1&2 2011
Dave provides a brief review of some data released by Munich Re yesterday on losses from natural disasters in 2011 to date. Already the year is the most expensive on record for natural catastrophes!
16 June 2011
Responding effectively to disasters
Dave reviews the UK Government plans, announced yesterday, for a refocussing of the humanitarian assistence budget, which emphasises effective disaster risk reduction and response.
13 January 2010
Haiti – some thoughts on disaster reporting by the media
Watching the reports of the earthquake disaster in Haiti coming in, I thought it might be useful to share some observations on the reporting of the immediate aftermath of disasters in less developed countries:1. Everything stops at night. At the time of writing it is still night time on Haiti. In the aftermath of an earthquake electricity and power supplies are wiped out, so for the night time period it …
7 January 2010
The ten most important “natural” disasters of the last ten years
As we are now at the end of the “noughties” I thought that it would be interesting to compile a list of the ten most important “natural” (i.e. geophysical and hydro-meteorological) disasters of the decade. This is not intended to be a list of the ten most damaging or with the highest number of fatalities, but more to reflect events that changed the way that we think or act about …
The ten most important "natural" disasters of the last ten years
As we are now at the end of the “noughties” I thought that it would be interesting to compile a list of the ten most important “natural” (i.e. geophysical and hydro-meteorological) disasters of the decade. This is not intended to be a list of the ten most damaging or with the highest number of fatalities, but more to reflect events that changed the way that we think or act about …
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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