Don't be fooled by the peaceful view
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Don't be fooled by the peaceful view

by Jente Broeckx

Colourful cropland patchwork on the fertile flanks of Mount Elgon, Uganda. The extinct shield volcano, the oldest in East Africa, is mostly covered in clouds and provides an infinite flow of wonderful waterfalls. The combination of intense rainfall, steep cultivated slopes and a high population density results in fatalities every year. The volcanic hazard might be history, but the landslide risk is present.

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