Extreme precipitation; Recurrent landslides; Catastrophic rockslide; Outer Western Carpathians; Czech Republic

More than 150 landslides originated in the eastern part of the Czech Republic due to soil saturation caused by antecedent precipitation and long-lasting and intensive rainfalls on 16-18 May 2010. Most landslides are characterised as shallow (<10 m) or middle-deep (10-30 m) incipient (rather short travel) landslides, debris slides and soil slips spatially clustered to a geological domain underlain by rather weak thin-bedded flysch and unconsolidated Quaternary deposits. A majority (88 per cent) of the landslides was smaller than 10^4 m^2.