This satellite-based rain map shows more than 1,200 millimeters (47 inches) of rain falling on parts of Thailand between March 23 and March 30, 2011.
Published Apr 2, 2011
This true-color image from January 15, 2010, highlights potential new landslides near the epicenter of Haiti’s massive 7.0 earthquake.
Published Jan 19, 2010
Freshly exposed earth traces down the slope of Mount Elgon in Uganda where a large landslide buried three villages on March 2, 2010. This cloud-free, natural color image is from March 11.
Published Mar 13, 2010
The wet season usually winds down in November, but a surge of heavy rain arrived with the new year.
Published Jan 13, 2017
The swollen Sava River covers at least three towns in this image. It is one of many flooded rivers in the Balkan states.
Published May 25, 2014
Scientists from around the world banded together to analyze landslides in the wake of a potent temblor. They found fewer scars on the landscape than past events would have predicted.
Published Dec 17, 2015
Heavy rainfall from tropical storm Komen triggered a large landslide in Myanmar (Burma).
Published Nov 8, 2015
A powerful earthquake triggered hundreds of landslides on the Japanese island.
Published Oct 2, 2018
New open-source software called SLIP-DRIP uses satellite images and rainfall data to help identify otherwise overlooked landslides.
Published Jul 8, 2016
A multinational team is trying to map landslide hazards in Nepal before the summer monsoon adds to the region’s misery.
Published Jun 4, 2015
Typhoon Parma dumped up to 700 millimeters of rain over northern Luzon, Philippines, over the course of a week, as illustrated in this map of rainfall totals between October 2 and October 8, 2009.
Published Oct 10, 2009
Acquired October 19, 2011, this natural-color image shows landslides in the northern Indian state of Sikkim. The landslides likely resulted from an earthquake to the northwest.
Published Oct 20, 2011
Patterns running from pale green to deep blue are draped over southern China, showing rainfall totals for the week of June 4 through June 11, 2007. Though seasonal rains are not unexpected in the area, the rain that fell during the week was torrential and relentless. As the image shows, a broad stretch of China received up to 200 millimeters of rain, and some areas were inundated with up to 500 millimeters.
Published Jun 14, 2007
