Interior cabinet secretary Fred Matiangi claims 17 people died in a mudslide in the village of Takmal in the Pokot Central district, while 12 others lost their lives in mudslides in the villages of Parua and Tapach in Pokot South.<\/em><\/p>\n I’m wary of posting images from news reports in this case as it is clear that many of the pictures circulating show landslides from events elsewhere in the world.\u00a0 However, the weather has now cleared and satellite images are becoming available.\u00a0 Planet Labs<\/a> captured an image of West Pokot on 27 November 2019.\u00a0 The part of the image below shows the area around Takmal, which was reported to be a site of extensive landsliding:-<\/p>\n Planet Labs<\/a> Planetscope image of some of the West Pokot landslides. Copyright Planet Labs<\/a>, used with permission.<\/p><\/div>\n .<\/p>\n This image appears to show multiple channelised debris flows<\/a>, starting as small slips high in the catchment and then combining in the channel.\u00a0 This is particularly apparent on the west side of the image.\u00a0 However, note that this is also the case for Takmal itself (the marker shows the location).\u00a0 Whilst there is some cloud at that point, the landsliding appears to be particularly acute there.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, there are also reports of a similar event in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo<\/a> on 26 November 2019.\u00a0 Some reports suggest at least 42 fatalities<\/a>.\u00a0 Once again there is a lack of clarity about exactly what has happened.<\/p>\n![\"West](\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2019\/11\/19_11-West-Pokot-2-e1574924670442.jpg\")
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