Global fatal landslide occurrence from 2004 to 2016

Froude, Melanie J.; Petley, David N.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-2161-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-2161-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-2161-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 8

Research article

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23 Aug 2018

Research article |

| 23 Aug 2018

Global fatal landslide occurrence from 2004 to 2016

Melanie J. Froude and David N. Petley

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SC1: 'comments to the article', Jan Klimes, 04 Mar 2018
- AC3: 'Response to SC1', Melanie Froude, 14 May 2018
RC1: 'Review of manuscript', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Mar 2018
- AC2: 'Response to RC1', Melanie Froude, 14 May 2018
SC2: 'Disaster in Brazil in 2011', Francisco Dourado, 09 Apr 2018
- AC4: 'Response to SC2', Melanie Froude, 14 May 2018
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Apr 2018
- AC1: 'Response to RC2', Melanie Froude, 14 May 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (03 Jun 2018) by Mario Parise

AR by Melanie Froude on behalf of the Authors (12 Jun 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (22 Jun 2018) by Mario Parise

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Landslides are a hazard in terrestrial environments with slopes. This paper presents global analysis on patterns of fatal landsliding between 2004 and 2016, using a database collated from media reporting. The data show ~ 56 000 people were killed in 4862 landslide events. Active landslide years coincide with patterns of regional rainfall: most landslides were rainfall triggered. For the first time, analysis shows the number of landslides triggered by human activity increased with time.