MAY 5 1998, LANDSLIDE EVENT IN THE CAMPANIA REGION



versione italiana

Data shown here were retrived from the historical database on landslide and floods known as the AVI project. The databse contains 17186 information on landslides and 7178 information on floods occurred in Italy from 1918 to 1990. Information refers to more than 15,000 sites of which 9069 were affected by landslides and 6440 by inundations. There are 2578 sites afftected by landslides and 2283 sites accected by inundations recursively (i.e., more than once).




Meteosat images and rainfall rates @ CNR-IFA, Roma



Historical data @ CNR-IRPI Perugia

National situation

The situation in the Campania Region

The situation in some of the most affected towns

General comments

Maps of historical information

Aerial photographs of the area prior to the event



Information on other web sites

The GNDCI Sarno research team 2.38 @ CRMPA, Salerno University

Rainfall data @ Servizio Idrografico e Mareografico Nazionale

Geology and Landslides - Report by the Italian Geological Survey

Report by the Dipartment of Civil Protection

Photographs 1 by Marco Amanti

News, geological maps and photographs @ Ordine Nazionale dei Geologi

News 1 and 2 @ CNN

MUDFLOW PRONE AREAS IN CAMPANIA, ITALY : A CASE STUDY AT DIFFERENT SCALES (Amanti M., Chiessi V., Conte G., Motteran G., Ventura R.)






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