On 21 December 2023, Planet Labs captured imagery of the Mount Hanang debris flows in Tanzania, highlighting that many failures coalesced into channelised debris flows.
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Katesh and Gendabi: the 2 – 3 December 2023 channelised debris flows in Tanzania
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 2 – 3 December 2023, very heavy rainfall struck the Northern Manyara region in Tanzania in Africa, triggering damaging landslides. Worst affected appears to be the area of Mount Hanang, a […]
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