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Lava flow and affected structures caused by the volcanic eruption of the 22 May 2021 in Kanyanza village, DR Congo

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Lava flow and affected structures caused by the volcanic eruption of the 22 May 2021 in Kanyanza village, DR Congo
Description
**UNOSAT code: VO20210523COD** This map illustrates potentially affected structures and roads in Kanyanza village, Nyiragongo district, Nord-Kivu province, D. R. of the Congo as detected by satellite image acquired after the volcanic eruption of the 22 May 2021. UNITAR-UNOSAT analysis used a Sentinel-1 image acquired on 25 May 2021, at 16:21 UTC. Within the map extent, about 144 structures and 1,400m of roads are potentially affected by the lava. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR-UNOSAT.
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UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT)
Publisher
The Centre for Humanitarian Data
Temporal Coverage
2021-05-26
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 the volcanic eruption of the 22 May 2021 in Kanyanza village, DR Congo. The Centre for Humanitarian Data. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/9d589576-7979-425d-9b1a-d84bca019da8 (dataset)
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