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25 October 2022
The Las Tejerías landslide disaster: Planet Labs imagery of the source of the flows
The Las Tejerías landslide disaster: Planet Labs imagery of the source of the flows shows multiple shallow slips
18 October 2022
Las Tejerías: landslides in the upstream catchment
The Las Tejerías landslide disaster: helicopter footage shows multiple landslides in the catchment upstream of the town.
12 October 2022
Las Tejerías: Planet Labs imagery starts to clarify the sequence of events
Las Tejerías: Planet Labs images have captured the aftermath of the landslide, which came down the channel from the north.
16 December 2009
Ten years ago today – the Vargas landslide disaster
Today is the tenth anniversary of probably the greatest landslide disaster in living memory – the 1999 Vargas landslide catastrophe in Venezuela. On 14th-16th December 1999 a coastal storm in Vargas triggered multiple debris flows that swept onto the densely populated river deltas below. It is estimated that 30,000 people died. The USGS summary of the event, which remains the best starting place to understand the disaster, is here, which …
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