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2 May 2008
April 2008 landslide map
The map below shows the distribution of fatal landslides for April 2008. The statistics are:Number of fatal landslides: 12Number of fatalities: 33 As I predicted in March, April was once again very substantially below the average for 2003-2007, which is 96 fatalities per year. The distribution is very random, with absolutely no clear pattern. Two fatal landslides occurred in the Himalayan Arc, which is a sign of things to come …
2 April 2008
March 2008 landslide map
The map below shows the distribution of fatal landslides for March 2008. The statistics are:Number of fatal landslides: 17Number of fatalities: 77 Thus February was well below the average for 2003-2007, which is 129 fatalities per annum. The distribution is definitely atypical, with more than usual for this time of year in S. America but less in Asia. This would seem to reflect the current La Nina conditions, which have …
8 February 2008
Landslides and buses
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 …
28 December 2007
December 2007 fatal landslide map
UPDATED! This is the monthly map for landslide fatalities for December 2007, replacing the earlier provisional map. Fatal landslide location map for December 2007 (provisional version 1). Click for a larger map. The statistics for the fatal landslides that I recorded are:Number of fatal landslides: 15 (note at present I cannot work out how many individual landslides there were in the 26th-27th December Java events)Number of fatalties: 196
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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