Landslides from Space - Bento Rodrigues Dam Failure, Brazil (5th November 2015)

On 5th November 2015, an iron ore tailings dam in Bento Rodrigues suffered a failure. About 60 million cubic meter of iron waste flowed down the valley. Two villages were partly destroyed and the drinking water supply of a few hundred thousand people were effected. The river Doce will be affected by this disaster for many decades.

The pre-event acquisition is from 5th November 2015 (Landsat-8) and the post-event acquisition is from 26th December 2015 (Sentinel-2).

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel and Landsat data (2015)