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18 May 2016
Fatal landslides in 2016 so far
A review of fatal landslides in 2016 to date suggests that so far the number of events and number of deaths is very similar to 2015
1 September 2015
NASA landslide video visualizing rainfall-induced mass movements between 2007 and 2015
The new NASA landslide video visualizes global rainfall-induced landslides between 2007 and 2015.
5 June 2015
Malaysia earthquake: early reports of seismically-triggered landslides
Early reports suggest that the M=6.0 Malaysia earthquake this morning may have triggered landslides and rockfalls, especially on Mount Kinabalu, where five climbers are thought to have been killed.
26 September 2012
Download a free copy of my Geology paper “Global Patterns of Loss of Life from Landslides”
A free download is now available of my recent paper in Geology about global fatalities from landslides
13 September 2012
Ten years of collecting landslide fatality data
I have now been collecting data on landslide fatalities for ten years. In that time I have recorded almost 90,000 landslide-induced deaths.
4 May 2012
One month from today…
The first of a series of posts exploring the occurrence of deaths from landslides over the last decade
5 February 2011
Global deaths from landslides in 2010 (updated to include a comparison with previous years)
I have finally managed to process the 2010 data in my database on lives lost from landslides around the world. This post presents a summary of the findings.
9 November 2010
The human side of landslides
The recent passage of Hurricane Tomas across St Lucia, about which I have posted previously, has left a trail of destruction that has been surprisingly under-reported in the mainstream media. There are some dramatic pictures of the impact of the storm on this blog. Emerging from the wreckage is a very human story of the destructive nature of landslides.
14 July 2010
Fatal landslides in 2010: a half term report
Long term readers of this blog will know that one of its original purposes was to disseminate the work that I do collating data on fatal landslides worldwide. As the Attabad situation reduces in its intensity I plan to return to some of those key themes. So here is a half term report on the occurrence of fatal landslides in 2010. Numbers of landslides:As of the end of 30th June …
22 June 2009
Fatal landslides in 2009 so far – a review on the solstice
The summer solstice today seems like a good time to take stock of the position with fatal landslides to date, as collected in the Durham Fatal Landslide Database. Globally the fatal landslide season really starts in early June, the point at which the Asian monsoon starts to generate substantial amounts of rainfall in South and East Asia. Of course the greatest proportion of landslides occur in July and August, so …
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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