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Lava flow and affected structures caused by Nyiragongo volcanic eruption, Nord-Kivu Province, DR Congo

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Title
Lava flow and affected structures caused by Nyiragongo volcanic eruption, Nord-Kivu Province, DR Congo
Description
**UNOSAT code: VO20210523COD** This map illustrates potentially affected structures and buildings in Nyiragongo district, Nord-Kivu province, DR Congo as detected by satellite image acquired after the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo volcano on 22 May 2021. UNITAR-UNOSAT analysis used a TerraSAR-X image acquired on 24 May 2021, at 16:13 UTC, to observe the lava flow. Within the analysis extent, about 1,600 structures are potentially affected by the lava flow. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR-UNOSAT. Important Note: Lava flow analysis from radar images may overestimate the presence of the lava tract due to the backscattering properties of the radar signal.
Creator
UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT)
Publisher
The Centre for Humanitarian Data
Temporal Coverage
2021-05-25
Date Issued
2022-02-18
License
http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by-sa
Access Rights
Public
Date Added
August 23, 2025
Provenance Statement
The metadata for this resource was last retrieved from Humanitarian Data Exchange on 2025-08-23.

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    UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) (2022). Lava flow and affected structures caused by Nyiragongo volcanic eruption, Nord-Kivu Province, DR Congo. The Centre for Humanitarian Data. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/2d5d6681-9554-4364-aeeb-60e8f1d17f23 (dataset)
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