See Every Landslide Caused By Rain Since 2007

Tuesday, September 1, 2015 - 17:00 in Earth & Climate

6,500 Landslides NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio This visualization shows the location of thousands of landslides that have occurred over the past few years. Rainfall can be wonderful, but only in moderation. Heavy, prolonged downpours can end in disaster, causing severe flooding, and even landslides. Unlike other natural disasters like hurricanes, volcanos and earthquakes, landslides weren't historically tracked or noted. But NASA is slowly changing that. Starting in 2010, NASA began releasing a Global Landslide Catalogue, a database that compiles reports of landslides from all over the world, including their location, any fatalities associated with the event, and what kind of rainfall was happening in the area. It is the only catalog of this type in the world. Between 2007 and 2015, over 25,000 people died in landslides all across...

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