Researchers incorporated local atmospheric parameters and terrain data to more accurately estimate the probability of fire in a specific area.
Hazards & Disasters
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An update on the horrifying landslides on 22 July 2024 in Gofa Zone, Ethiopia
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. The Addis Standard has an update on the dreadful series of landslides that struck Gofa Zone in Ethiopia on 22 July 2024. The latest indication is that 229 people are known to […]
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The 22 July 2024 landslide in Gofa Zone, Ethiopia
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. In the morning of 22 July 2024, a pair of landslides struck Gofa Zone in Ethiopia. News reports indicate that at least 55 people have been killed, whilst it is thought that […]
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The 17 July 2024 landslide in Zigui County, China
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. A remarkable landslide video was shared widely yesterday on social media, showing a landslide that occurred on 17 July 2024 in Zigui County, China. There is quite a good version of this […]
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Fatal landslides in Nepal in 2024 to date
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. As loyal readers of this blog are aware, I have long had a particular interest in landslides in Nepal. This is partly because of my long term research links to that country, […]
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Landslide problems on roads in Vietnam
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 13 July 2024, a terrible landslide occurred on a road in the mountainous province of Ha Giang in Vietnam. A minibus travelling along a road in Bac Me District at 4 […]
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The 12 July 2024 landslide at Simaltal in Nepal
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. There are reports in Nepal of a major landslide disaster in the Simaltal area of Chitwan district. The reports indicate that at 3:30 am a landslide struck two buses travelling along the […]
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Drone footage of the 6 July 2024 mining landslide at Tulabolo in Sulawesi
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 6 July 2024, a landslide struck a mining community located at Tulabolo, which is in the Bone Bolango district of Gorontalo province, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Recovery operations continue at the landslide site, […]
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The evolution of damage in large rock slope failures – the La Praz landslide
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Large rock slope failures are a very substantial hazard in areas with steep topography, as was recently shown by the catastrophic 24 May 2024 landslide at Kaokalam in Enga province, Papua New […]
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New Observations Provide Insight into Soil Desiccation Cracking
A new application of distributed fiber optic sensing provides early detection of soil desiccation cracking behavior and illustrates, for the first time, the phenomenon of soil crack breathing.