Glacial trough lakes and fjords – deep, blue, beautiful, inviting. Several weeks ago, while developing materials for a new course on geology through the movies, we watched the 2015 Norwegian disaster/action-thriller The Wave, in which a rockfall high above the Geiranger Fjord creates a displacement wave (landslide-generated tsunami) up to 80 m high that destroysContinue reading “HazBlog-007: Landslide generated tsunami – the 2007 Chehalis Lake, B.C. Canada Example”
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Hazblog-006: Release the HazMapper!
Very excited to announce we have opened HazMapper for the masses! We have been beta-testing the app and have had several researchers using the platform, including a class exercise in which 30 students used it to map landslides in the Philippines. For technical information about HazMapper and additional details on the app’s functionality and limitations,Continue reading “Hazblog-006: Release the HazMapper!”
HazBlog-004: Mapping Loss and Recovery of Canada’s Costliest Disaster – the 2016 Horse River Fire
Fort McMurray, Alberta. The numbers are staggering: 1,500,000 acres, 88,000 evacuees, 2,400 homes lost, $9.5 billion CAD in direct and indirect losses. The fire was detected May 1, 2016 in forest lands some 7 km southwest of Fort McMurray. Canadian officials understood severe fire conditions were present and had helicopter crews surveying the area whenContinue reading “HazBlog-004: Mapping Loss and Recovery of Canada’s Costliest Disaster – the 2016 Horse River Fire”
HazBlog-003: Mapping lava flows with HazMapper – the 2002 eruption of Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In this post we are going back in time 18 years to highlight the ability of HazMapper to identify lava flow inundation extents. Mount Nyiragongo, one of Africa’s most active stratovolcanoes and part of Virunga National Park, is positioned 20 km north of the city of Goma. In 2002, between January 17 and February 3,Continue reading “HazBlog-003: Mapping lava flows with HazMapper – the 2002 eruption of Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo”
HazBlog-001: Introduction and Easter Tornado Swarm – Southeast USA 2020
Welcome to the HazMapper Blog. This is where we will post short, timely summaries of recent natural disaster events from around the world utilizing the soon-to-be publicly available, open-source and web-based HazMapper Google Earth Application. A widespread tornado outbreak affected the southeastern US on Sunday and Monday, April 12-13, 2020 (Easter weekend). A strong atmosphericContinue reading “HazBlog-001: Introduction and Easter Tornado Swarm – Southeast USA 2020”
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