Writers at NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio said "Landslides are one of the most dangerous natural hazards on the planet. Between 2007 and 2015, there were more than 25,000 reported deaths due to rainfall-triggered landslides around the world,"
Writers at NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio said "Landslides are one of the most dangerous natural hazards on the planet. Between 2007 and 2015, there were more than 25,000 reported deaths due to rainfall-triggered landslides around the world". Rainfalls that trigger landslides that have claimed thousands lives are very common during tropical cyclones and monsoons.
The most frequent places where these fatalities happen are the most mountainous areas, like the Himalayas and East Asian nations like China, Indonesia and the Philippines. In Canada and the United States, the mountainous west and the Appalachians are the hotspots.
Scientists are studying landslide data to compare events with satellite rainfall measurements to determine where they are likeliest to happen, and saving future lives.
Take a look at this link that shows the distribution of rainfall-triggered landslides during 2007-2015.
Source: nasa.gov
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