Planet image of the Kantagnos village landslide in the Philippines

My friends at Planet have very kindly acquired a high resolution satellite image of the Kantagnos landslide in the Philippines, which occurred during Tropical Storm Megi / Agaton on 11 April 2022.  This image, which shows most of the the landslide, was captured on 17 April 2022 at 22:15 UT.  This is the image:-

High resolution satellite image of the Kantagnos village landslide in the Philippines. Image copyright Planet, used with permission.

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The main source of the landslide is in the cloud to the northeast of the image.  As I noted previously, there is another substantial source that is visible. The flow has passed through a comparatively narrow gap and then spread.  Note that there is very little evidence of landslide debris, implying a very mobile, fluid flow that has been removed by the river, which of course would have been in flood at the time of the failure.

For comparison, this is a Google Earth image of the same site ( I have included the location for reference), dated 20 April 2019:-

Google Earth image of the site of the Kantagnos village landslide in the Philippines.

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The latest NDRRMC report lists 50 known fatalities at Kantagnos, with 93 people listed as missing.  The total death toll from Tropical Storm Megi is now 175 people, with a further 110 people missing.  The vast majority of the deaths occurred in landslides.  Remarkably, an 11 year old boy survived the Kantagnos village in a refrigerator, but tragically his parents and a sibling were killed.

The impact of the landslide can be made clear by examining the inhabited area near to the river.  This is the site in 2019:-

Google Earth image of the toe of the site of the Kantagnos village landslide in the Philippines.

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And this is the site from the Planet image:-

High resolution satellite image of the Kantagnos village landslide in the Philippines. Image copyright Planet, used with permission.

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Hope fully, below you will see a slide comparison of the two images:-

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It is clear that multiple houses have been destroyed in the landslide, as well as a substantial area of agricultural land.

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Acknowledgement

Planet Team (2022). Planet Application Program Interface: In Space for Life on Earth. San Francisco, CA. https://www.planet.com/

Many thanks in particular to Rob Simmon of Planet for providing the image.  Simply amazing.