insert_link Africa Ethiopia’s deadly landslides are caused by both nature and man – a geophysicist explains By Getnet Mewa, Addis Ababa University As many as 300 people were killed in landslides triggered by higher than normal rainfall in south-western Ethiopia in July 2024. More than 15,000 were also forced to leave their homes. Another less deadly landslide that occurred two weeks later killed a dozen. Getnet Mewa, a geophysicist who studies landslides and associated landmass movements, explains where and how landslides occur in […] todayAugust 12, 2024 13
