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4 May 2023
A heavy toll from landslides and floods in Rwanda and Uganda
Heavy rainfall on 2 and 3 May 2023 has inflicted a heavy toll from landslides and floods in Rwanda and Uganda. At least 129 people have been killed in Rwanda and 18 people in Uganda.
8 January 2020
Bududa, Uganda: Planet Labs images of the landslides in December that killed more than 50 people
Planet Labs have captured a good set of satellite images showing the 3 December 2019 Bududa landslides in Uganda, which killed about 50 people
12 October 2018
Bududa in Uganda: landslides kill at least 40 people
Bududa, Uganda: reports indicate that at least 40 people were killed by landslides on Thursday 11th October 2018, with some suggestions of higher losses
11 May 2016
Large landslides in Africa in the last few days
In the last few days there has been 3 large landslides in Africa, causing significant losses in Ethiopia, Uganda and Rwanda
27 June 2012
Multiple landslide impacts worldwide in the last few days
An update on catastrophic landslide events in the last few days in India, Uganda, Bangladesh and Canada
26 June 2012
First images of the landslide in Uganda yesterday
A good quality image has appeared online that appears to show the landslide that killed about 90 people in Uganda yesterday
25 June 2012
First news of another landslide accident in Uganda
An initial report of a large and deadly landslide on the flanks of Mount Elgon in Uganda
30 August 2011
Serious landslides in Uganda
Reports are coming in of two landslides in Uganda yesterday that together have killed over 25, and possibly over 50, people.
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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