Landslide in Leyte island, Philippines

It was triggered by the heavy rain, the large-scale landslide occurred on February 17. The town of Guinsaugon was buried by the landslide and lost about 1,000 lives.

This is the image which was captured by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer(ASTER) in the Leyte island southeast region on March 1, 2006 after this disaster.

The landslide was about 800m in width and about 3.5km in length.