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12 October 2009
Update: landslides triggered by typhoon Parma (Pepeng) in the Philippines
This is an update on this post. Information continues to trickle in about the landslides triggered by typhoon Parma (known as Pepeng in the Philippines). The following is a compilation from a variety of sources. The confirmed current toll is 193 dead, with 101 injured and 46 people reported missing; The landslide in Puguis village in La Trinidad (Benguet) is known to have killed 104 people, with rescue operations continuing; …
11 October 2009
Video of the aftermath of landslides triggered by Typhoon Parma in the Philippines
Latest update here. Youtube has an interesting video of the aftermath of the Philippine landslides triggered by Typhoon Parma (known locally as Pepeng): If the above does not work you can access it via the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuF1KFXBqAs&feature;=related
10 October 2009
The rising toll from Typhoon Parma in the Philippines
Latest update on the landslides in the Philippines here. The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Parma continues to rise. Fortunately, according to the track map (from here) the storm has now moved out into the South China Sea and is heading for Hainan Island in China:In its wake the typhoon has left a train of landslide devastation. Combining reports from inquirer.net and GMANews.tv, the picture appears to be …
9 October 2009
Typhoon Parma – multiple landslide fatalities in the Philippines
Updated: ABS-CBN News are now reporting that “At least 45 bodies have been recovered while dozens more remain missing after a massive landslide buried dozens of houses in La Trinidad, Benguet on Thursday night while tropical depression Pepeng (international codename Parma) was pouring heavy rains over northern Luzon provinces.” At the end of last week I posted regarding my concerns about the impact of Typhoon Parma on the northern part …
4 October 2009
Landslide round-up: Philippines, India and Italy
1. PhilippinesTyphoon Parma (known as Pepeng in the Philippines) has churned its way across the northern part of Luzon in the Philippines. Fortunately, its track took it north of the most vulnerable area, which is the first bit of good news for a while: However, early reports are that the storm has triggered some landslides: “Rains in Benguet province set off landslides in which at least 12 people were killed, …
1 October 2009
Typhoon Parma
Super typhoon Parma is now forecast to be heading for the northern part of the Philippines: Even worse than that, it is currently forecast to move rather slowly as it crosses Luzon, and then to hang around for a while. Note that forecasts this far in advance are quite uncertain, but if the current forecast track is maintained then things will get very nasty in the northern Philippines, given how …
10 August 2009
A dreadful weekend of landslides
The last few days have been a dreadful period for landslides. I really cannot cover all that has happened in enough detail, so all I can do is to outline the main events: 1. Rotorua rockfall, New ZealandActually the period started with a very lucky escape in New Zealand on Thursday when a rockfall on a slope under maintenance crushed a car with two passengers. Both were trapped but were …
19 May 2009
Landslide in Campostela Valley, Philippines: >25 people killed
Image of the September 2008 landslide in Campostela Valley that killed >20 people (image from here) A range of news agencies, including Al Jazeera and AFP, are reporting that there was a major landslide in Campostela Valley in the Philippines yesterday. Regular readers of this blog will be fairly familiar with this location, which appears to have a major fatal landslide every few months. The event yesterday occurred in barangay …
6 May 2009
Early May is the start of the landslide season
Whilst the transition towards the Northern Hemisphere summer is rather pleasant for many of us, the start of May also marks the start of the landslide season in the Northern Hemisphere. Of course the main problems kick in when the SW monsoon really gets going in Asia and the tropical cyclone season properly begins in the N. Pacific and N. Atlantic basins, but already there are clear signs that the …
24 October 2008
Forced to flee
IRIN, the UN Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs, has produced a rather nice video about the impact of lahars (a landslide in comparatively young volcanic materials) in the Philippines. The landslide occurred during Typhoon Durian (known in the Philippines as typhoon Reming) in 2006. Wikipedia image of the track of typhoon Durian (Reming) in 2006. The orange dots indicate the locations at which the typhoon was at its …
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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