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29°10'E 29°11'E 29°12'E 29°13'E 29°14'E 29°15'E 29°16'E 29°17'E 29°18'E THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 1°30'S 1°30'S GOMA CITY, NYIRAGONGO DISTRICT, NORD-KIVU PROVINCE IMAGERY ANALYSIS: 24 MAY 2021 PUBLISHED 25 MAY 2021 V1 VOLCANO POTENTIALLY STRUCTURES VO20210523COD DAMAGED WITHIN THE LAVA FLOW 1°31'S 1,600 1°31'S Mount Nyiragongo 1°32'S 1°32'S 700 m to the airport facilities DR CONGO 1.3 km to Earthstar Geographics, Maxar 1°33'S the runway 1°33'S Lava flow and affected structures caused by 5 k m Nyiragongo volcanic rad Goma ius eruption, Nord-Kivu zone Airport Province, DR Congo 1°34'S This map illustrates potentially Kibati 1°34'S affected structures and buildings in Nyiragongo district, Nord-Kivu province, DR Congo as detected by satellite image acquired after the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo ≈ 40,000 volcano on 22 May 2021. UNITAR- UNOSAT analysis used a TerraSAR- 1°35'S X image acquired on 24 May 2021, 1°35'S ≈ 4,000 at 16:13 UTC, to observe the lava Kanyanza flow. Within the analysis extent, about 1,600 structures are potentially affected by the lava flow. This is a preliminary analysis and 10 has not yet been validated in the k m field. Please send ground feedback 1°36'S r ad 1°36'S ius to UNITAR-UNOSAT. zone Important Note: Lava flow analysis from radar images may overestimate the presence of the lava tract due to the backscattering properties of the ≈ 521,000 radar signal. 1°37'S 1°37'S ≈ 80,000 Legend City Village ĝÆ Hospital Airport 1°38'S 1°38'S International Boundary 15 km City Boundary ra dius zone Primary Road ĝÆ Buzove Radius Zone see inset for close-up view Maximum lava extent 1°39'S as of 24 May 21 1°39'S ĝÆ Goma 1°40'S 1°40'S Æ ≈ 715,000 ĝ ĝÆ ĝÆ ≈ 200,000 RWANDA 20 1°41'S km 1°41'S r adi Kabinzi us z one Rugerero Gisenyi 1°42'S Nyamyumba1°42'S Spatial Reference Satellite Data (Post): TerraSAR-X Boundary data : OCHA Congo Analysis : UNITAR-UNOSAT Map Scale for A3: 1:60,000 Name: WGS 1984 UTM Zone 35S Imagery Dates: 24 May 2021 City Boundary: Wikimapia Production : UNITAR-UNOSAT PCS: WGS 1984 UTM Zone 35S Resolution: 3 m Population data : WorldPop and HRSL 0 0.5 1 2 KM GCS: GCS WGS 1984 Copyright: TerraSAR-X © DLR e.V. (2021), Buildings : OpenStreetMap Datum: WGS 1984 Pfunda Distribution Airbus DS Geo GmgH Other analysis: USGS ¯ Projection: Transverse Mercator Source: DLR Background ESRI World Imagery 29°10'E 29°11'E 29°12'E 29°13'E 29°14'E 29°15'E 29°16'E 29°17'E 29°18'E 29°19'E UNITAR - UNOSAT -7 bis Avenue de la Paix, CH-1202 Geneva 2, Switzerland - T: +41 22 917 4720 (UNOSAT Operations) - Hotline 24/7 : +41 75 411 4998 - [email protected] - www.unitar.org/unosat.