Week 16 Hazard Assessment
Throughout these weeks I have analyzed the different hazards that countries can be prone to and Venezuela is no exception. Though many of my weeks yielded little evidence of a major threat to Venezuela, I did come across a few hazards that should be of concern in Venezuela. There are many natural hazards in Venezuela but one stood out among the data and research: mudslides and floods. A very infamous example in Venezuela is Vargas, 1999. Britannica reports that the casualties from this mudslide were somewhere between 10,000 to 30,000 people. This natural catastrophe also cost the country 2 million dollars in damage (Relief Web). Britannica goes on to explain that the mudslides were a result of torrential rains battering the mountainous regions of Venezuela. All of the inundated soil and rocks cascaded down, destroying 60 miles of coastline, with Vargas not being the only damaged area. This is a very extreme case of this hazard but it really conveys the potential dangers facing Venezuel...