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18 October 2009
Typhoon Parma – rainfall and landslide maps
NASA have recently produced a map of the distribution of rainfall from Typhoon Parma (Pepeng) in the Philippines: The map has been produced from “the Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis, which includes rainfall observations from many satellites that are calibrated to match more detailed rainfall observations from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission”. I am not sure how reliable this is, but it is certainly a useful first estimate. I thought it would …
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 …
4 August 2009
Fatal landslides in July 2009 – map and report
Below is the fatal landslide map for July 2009. Each yellow dot represents a single landslide that killed a person. The background is the etopo1 DEM, with the darker colours representing higher terrain. As usual clicking on the image should provide a high resolution view. The image is a GIF so you should be able to download it, but please acknowledge the source. You will see that in July the …
25 May 2009
Fatal landslide map for 2009 to date
I have been a little remiss in posting these maps of late due to other pressures. Below is the distribution of fatal landslides that I have recorded in 2009 to date. Each red dot represents a single landslide that killed at least one person. All types of landslide (including debris flows and rockfalls) are included: You can click on the map for a better version in a new window. One …
17 May 2009
Landslides and the UN’s Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction
The UN ISDR is today launching with a great fanfare the first Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction. This report “provides hard-hitting evidence to demonstrate how, where and why disaster risk is increasing globally and presents key findings from a global analysis of disaster risk patterns and trends, including where high mortality and economic loss is concentrated. .” The report is online now and can be downloaded here. I …
Landslides and the UN's Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction
The UN ISDR is today launching with a great fanfare the first Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction. This report “provides hard-hitting evidence to demonstrate how, where and why disaster risk is increasing globally and presents key findings from a global analysis of disaster risk patterns and trends, including where high mortality and economic loss is concentrated. .” The report is online now and can be downloaded here. I …
5 January 2009
December 2008 landslide map
I am just in the process of putting together my annual collation of fatal landslide statistics for 2008, together with the map of all the landslides, but in the meantime here are the statistics and map for December. So first the data. I recorded a total of 16 fatal landslides in December, causing 46 fatalities. This is well below the long term average, which 149.8 fatalities. The largest event was …
18 December 2008
Spatial patterns of deaths from natural hazards in the US
There is a very interesting paper in press in the International Journal of Health Geographics on the spatial patterns of mortality (deaths) from Natural Hazards in the United States. The paper, entitled “Spatial Patterns of Natural Hazards Mortality in the United States” by Borden and Cutter is in pre-print form but can be downloaded as a PDF here. First up, lets be clear that the authors are reputable – Susan …
5 December 2008
November 2008 fatal landslide maps
So here are the scores on the doors for fatal landslides in 2008. First the statistics:Number of fatal landslides: 48Number of fatalities: 396. This is the map of the fatal landslides themselves (click on the map for a better view): As is normal for this time of year the spatial dsitribution is quite scattered, with slides occurring in SE. Asia, S. Asia and C./S. America. This year there has been …
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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