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Fawu Wang
Geography, general
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Impact of a clustered rainfall-induced geo-hydrological disaster on densely populated gully villages in Fuyang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China on 22 July 2023
On 22 July 2023, an unprecedented rainfall event struck Fuyang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China, resulting in five deaths and three missing persons by severe geo-hydrological hazards, includin...
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Open AccessPreliminary report of field reconnaissance on the 6 February 2023 Kahramanmaras Earthquakes in Türkiye
On February 6, a successive rupture of major faults in the Eastern Anatolian Fault Zone and Cardak-Surgu fault triggered a strong mainshock (Mw 7.7) and a major aftershock (Mw 7.6) in Kahramanmaras. The successiv...
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Open AccessReport on the 21st International Symposium on Geo‑disaster reduction, 5–8 August 2023, Shanghai, China
The joint event of 21st International Symposium on Geo-disaster Reduction (21st ISGdR) was held onsite and online during 5–8 August 2023 in Shanghai, China. This symposium focused on the theme of “A new era fo...
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Open AccessReport on the international workshop on seismic design and assessment for resilience, robustness and sustainability of slope engineering, 13–15 January 2023, Shanghai, China
The International Workshop on Seismic Design and Assessment for Resilience, Robustness and Sustainability of Slope Engineering was held on 13–15 January 2023 on line, focusing on the theme of “Seismic resilien...
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Kinetic characteristics and runout behavior of the rainfall-induced Hoengseong landslide at a solar power plant on 9 August 2022 in Gangwon Province, Korea
On 9 August 2022, the Hoengseong landslide was induced by heavy precipitation at a solar power plant in Gangwon Province, South Korea. The slope failed at the embankment of the solar power plant and subsequent...
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Preliminary investigation on a catastrophic loess landslide induced by heavy rainfall on 1 September 2022 in Qinghai, China
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Two long-runout rock avalanches in 2022 and 2020 in an underground coal mining field in Zhi**, China
On 8 May 2022 and 12 April 2020, two large rock avalanches occurred in Zhi** County, China, in the villages of Baiyan and Baiwu, respectively. These long-runout rock avalanches had the same geological, hydrol...
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A destructive mudstone landslide hit a high-speed railway on 15 September 2022 in **ning city, Qinghai province, China
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The Azijue debris flow induced by rainfall on 30 August 2020 in Ganluo County, Sichuan Province, southwestern China
At about 8:00 p.m. local time on 30 August 2020, a large-scale debris flow with an estimated volume of 3.2 million m3 struck Azijue Village in north-eastern Ganluo County, Sichuan Province, China. The debris flow...
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The kinematic characterization of a rockfall in Zagunao Valley in the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau
On June 28th, 2020, during the rainy season, a rockfall occurred at Sima Village in Zagunao Valley on the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. The kinematic characteristics of rockfall were studied through a...
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Open AccessCharacteristics and time-series monitoring by GOES-17 of volcano flume on 15 January 2022 from Tonga submarine volcanic eruption
On 15 January 2022, a submarine volcanic eruption occurred at Hunga Tonga. Time-series monitoring from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-17) was analysed to estimate the magnitude, lo...
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The Wuxie debris flows triggered by a record-breaking rainstorm on 10 June 2021 in Zhuji City, Zhejiang Province, China
Deep into the night of 9 June 2021, a high-intensity and short-duration rainstorm, the largest rainfall ever recorded in Zhuji, struck the entire city. The abrupt rainfall triggered several debris flows, which...
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The fault-controlled Chengtian landslide triggered by rainfall on 20 May 2021 in Songyang County, Zhejiang Province, China
The geological structures of fault zones control the occurrence of landslides and determine their characteristics and motion styles, especially in igneous rock areas with high rock strength. On 20 May 2021, a ...
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Guocun landslide in a slate slope with dip structure on 27 March 2021 in Tonglu County, Zhejiang Province, China
On 27 March 2021, a landslide with a volume of approximately 2 × 104 m3 occurred in Guocun Village next to Kengheng road in Tonglu County, Zhejiang Province, China. The landslide caused no casualties as a result ...
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First insight into the catastrophic Atami debris flow induced by a rain gush on 3 July 2021 in Shizuoka, Japan
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Catastrophic landslides and frontiers of landslide science
The following book entitled “Understanding and Reducing Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction” was recently published by Springer as part of the book series “Catastrophic Landslides and Frontiers of Landslide Scie...
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Open AccessReport on the 19th international symposium on geo-disaster reduction/high-level academic forum on disaster mitigation and integrated risk defense on the Plateau, 12–15 July 2021, **ning, China
The joint event of 19th International Symposium on Geo-disaster Reduction (19ISGdR) and High-Level Academic Forum on Disaster Mitigation and Integrated Risk Defense on the Plateau was held on 11–15 July in **n...
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Successful disaster management of the July 2020 Shaziba landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in Mazhe Village, Enshi City, Hubei Province, China
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Hydrated halloysite: the pesky stuff responsible for a cascade of landslides triggered by the 2018 Iburi earthquake, Japan
Coseismic landslides generated by strong earthquakes can substantially increase the devastation imposed on society and humanity, especially when such seismic events occur in unconsolidated pyroclastic fall dep...
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Open AccessReport on the 18th International Symposium on Geo-disaster Reduction and the 4th Gu Dezhen Lecture, 20–22 November 2020, Bei**g, China
The 18th International Symposium on Geo-disaster Reduction (ISGdR) was held on 20–22 November in Bei**g, China, focusing on the theme of “Improving the Relationship between Geoenvironment and Society”. In thi...
