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16 September 2019
An update on landslides from the 2019 Northern Hemisphere monsoon season
A review of fatal landslides from the 2019 Northern Hemisphere summer monsoon suggests that the year has been significantly worse than the long term average
20 July 2018
Losses from landslides in China – a new study
In a new paper in the journal Landslides, Lin and Wong (2018) analyse losses from landslides in China from 1950 to 2016. They show that, excluding earthquake triggered events, 28,139 people died in 1233 fatal landslide events.
7 November 2016
The 2016 landslide year to the end of October
Using my data, I have analysed the 2016 landslide year to the end of October. The number of events is significantly higher than for 2015.
16 January 2013
New research: extreme precipitation and landslides in 2010
A review of a paper examining the linkages between high levels of landslides in 2010 and large scale rainfall patterns
28 June 2011
Landslide losses in Nepal
Dave explores trends in landslide occurrence on Nepal for the last 30 years, showing an apparent link between rainfall and the recorded numbers of landslides.
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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