Wildfires and forest harvesting worsen severe weather impacts
Scientists found that forest harvesting and wildfires in British Columbia are causing severe weather events to create more geohazards, like debris flows and landslides.The post Wildfires and forest harvesting worsen severe weather impacts appeared first on Sciworthy.
In July 2026 I recorded 48 fatal landslides causing 413 fatalities. This year continues to be atypical in terms of the temporal pattern of fatal landslides. This is my regular update for the number of fatal global landslides, focusing on July 2026. As usual, this data has been collected in line with
The 17-21 May 2026 landslides in Shimen County, Hunan, China
卫星图像显示中国石门县发生了两起大型山体滑坡和多处较小的崩塌以及渠道化泥石流。在中国,今年的雨季始于2026年5月17日至21日期间覆盖贵州、湖北和湖南省的一场强烈雨季。[…]
2026 年 5 月,我记录了 51 起致命山体滑坡,造成 185 人死亡。就致命山体滑坡的时间模式而言,2026 年被证明是非典型的。这是我对全球致命山体滑坡数量的定期更新,重点关注 2026 年 5 月。与往常一样,这些数据是根据所述方法收集的 [...]